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New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Investment, and deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue. Chalmers said the financial services and superannuation industries are "at the ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Minister Malcolm Turnbull the debate over older Australians should shift from cost to contribution. Alongside 11 representatives from organisations across Australia, O'Neill spent three hours with Turnbull and his economic ministers yesterday to discuss ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... of 2008. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor said as much when he testified before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics 08 18 September - which incidentally marked his 9th anniversary as RBA head. "For Australia ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... services industry. She was a policy adviser to Peter Costello for four years, has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics from 2013 and was an executive at National Australia Bank (NAB) in 2007. Financial Planning ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... (APRA) additional powers to determine what makes a director independent has angered industry superannuation fund representatives. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) executive manager of governance Eva Scheerlinck said: "Under ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... System Inquiry (FSI) report and other policy issues that have remained shelved for months. A number of industry representatives expressed their concern to Financial Standard that the change of Prime Minister and the likely cabinet reshuffle will delay ...

Mercer handed fine for unlicensed advice in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... contravention of paragraphs 14 and 28 of the FAA-N13. The fines relate to the company allowing four ineligible representatives to provide financial advice on its behalf. It also let employees without the minimum entry and exam requirements advise on ...

SuperFriend launches mental illness framework

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... insurance claims. The framework was developed in collaboration with, SuperFriend's statement said, "more than 60 representatives of the group life insurance and superannuation industry" in addition to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and National ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... of Business has been studying hedge funds for close to four decades and has even testified before the House of Representatives in the US. He predicts that the best hedge fund talent will move to the relatively unregulated and opaque family office sector. ...

Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... particular intends to build its advice network across three different channels - Alliance Wealth and PIC for authorised representatives, Alliance Wealth & Protection for salaried advisers and Associated Advisory Practices for independent AFSLs looking ...