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TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... is chair of not-for-profit Youth, Family and Community Connections, Household Capital and GoSourcing. During his parliamentary career, he also served as assistant treasurer, minister for public sector superannuation, and shadow minister for retirement ...

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
A public accountability committee that inquired and reported on the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) has uncovered several damaging findings, including that KPMG engagements were 'rife with conflict'. The TAHE has been the subject of serious accounting ...

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... collapse of the Sterling Income Trust is urging ASIC to take more action in a bid to protect consumers. Speaking at the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on February 11, ASIC chair John Longo confirmed that two major ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... However, the legislation to do so was delayed for much of the year and, due to be considered in the final week of parliamentary sitting for 2021, was ultimately cast aside before being picked back up yesterday; further penalising the estimated 300,000 ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... criteria for independence under the regulations that were overturned. "The regulations were rushed through without parliamentary scrutiny and with no justification, rationale or harm identified," chief executive Louise Davidson said. "Proxy advisers ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... be introduced, as the industry also calls for the government to prioritise the removal of the $450 threshold as parliamentary sitting resumes. Releasing details of its pre-Budget submission, ASFA has called for the introduction of a $5000 super baby ...

Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... Compensation Scheme of Last Resort regime has several flaws that will overlook the protection of certain investors, a parliamentary inquiry heard. In discussing the Standing Committee on Economics Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... and Tyro. David Raper and Garry Duursma joined the advisory board following the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Australia as a Technology Centre. Raper spent the last 15 years at ASX originally joining as general manager ...

EISS Super answers tough questions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... a period of media scrutiny following its failure of the inaugural APRA performance test, EISS Super has faced a parliamentary committee, facing tough questions over the test result and its sponsorship deals. Liberal MP Jason Falinski led the questioning ...

AIOFP petitions to delay DDO, annual renewal

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... under the petition entitled Reducing the cost of financial advice for consumers. "The original objective of the parliamentary enquiry into the financial services industry was to ensure that consumers had access to professional and cost-effective financial ...