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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Development of Australia (CEDA) lunch in Perth. In equities news, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce appears at a Senate committee hearing into the airline's future while Rio Tinto is expected to publish its annual report. In Australia, the market on ...

FoFA changes go too far diluting conflicted rem: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has argued to a Senate committee that the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) "go too far by diluting both the conflicted remuneration prohibition and the best interests duty." ISA deputy chief ...

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... like to see a review of the role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in light of a Senate Committee inquiry into the regulator's performance in relation to Commonwealth Bank, NRMA Insurance and ING Direct. "The regulator has ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) performance have been made public. The Senate Committee has received at least four submissions and has made two of them public since it was open for submissions on July 8. One ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... economy. Trade was heavy in banks after the Fed completed its stress tests and capital plan reviews, and as a Senate committee report blasted JPMorgan Chase for how it handled its massive "London Whale" losses last year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... was undermined this week when its senior executives were forced to justify their tobacco investments before a Senate Committee. Appearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Senate Committee were managing director Mark Burgess and ...

Nick Sherry to chair FNZ Australia

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... services sector with a vast range of experience with all aspects of the Australian system, including Chair of the Senate Committee on Superannuation," said the chief executive of UK-based FNZ, Adrian Durham. "His appointment, as well as Martin's, to ...

Ernst & Young appoints Nick Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... change as a consequence of recent regulatory reform. Sherry's parliamentary career included roles as Chair of the Senate Committee on Superannuation, and initiation of the Cooper Review on the operation, cost and efficiency of Australia's super system. ...

Senate committee gives FOFA green light

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Representatives debate due to take place today following months of industry lobbying of the Independents. The Senate committee's recommendations include provision of minimum disclosure guidelines on what providers need to include in the annual fee disclosure ...