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Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... allows salary sacrifice to be counted towards superannuation guarantee compliance to be closed. The Senate Economics Committee is holding hearings in Melbourne today into unpaid superannuation and will be making recommendations on how to improve the ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... retirement savings, will force more retirees to rely on a government pension. In their submission to the Senate economics committee, the ATO questioned ISA's claim that as many as 30% of employees were missing out on compulsory super payments. It slammed ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... one that is delivering a higher standard of living for retirees," Fahy said. In its submission to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016, the public policy think tank recommended that the committee reject ...

Cooper defends BT life insurance figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... comparable" with other insurers. He explained: "ASIC said at its recent appearance at the House of Representatives Economics Committee that the data that has been provided by industry participants is not consistent. Any comparisons would be misleading ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... the inquiry findings are expected to be discussed when CBA's Ian Narev faces the House of Representatives Economics Committee in Canberra today. Narev will be the first of the big four banks' chief executives to front the parliamentary committee, to ...

APRA counts life insurance losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
APRA has released its submission to the Senate Economics Committee on the inquiry into the scrutiny of financial advice - life insurance, claiming that the profitability of the sector is under strain. The submission argued that weak profitability has ...

ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Financial compensation for corporate whistleblowers is back on the agenda after the Senate Economics Committee grilled representatives from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the latest Senate Economics Committee hearing ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... governance outcomes," a statement from the organisation said. The Governance Institute's submission to the Senate Economics Committee argues that a legislative solution to the issue of board independence "will have unintended consequences, is unlikely ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale before the Australian Parliament's economics committee on why the Fed should lift: "The argument is that as the vehicle is speeding up, you don't need the foot to the floor anymore. ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... in compensation to 57 customers of its authorised financial planners during the past two years. The Senate Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry continues and the Committee is expected to keep looking at allegations regarding IOOF. ...