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Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
Cbus chair Wayne Swan has declined an invitation to front the Senate Economics Committee over issues with the fund's recent board appointments and claims handling delays. In a letter to committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg, Swan thanked Bragg for the ...

Gensler to leave SEC in January

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... commission in April 2021 in the immediate aftermath of the GameStop short squeeze. He was confirmed in the role by the US Senate and was to serve a five-year term through to 2026. Before joining, he was professor of the Practice of Global Economics and ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... settled. The nominations were questioned last week by Senator Andrew Bragg when Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok fronted the Senate economics committee. When asked whether he believed the nominations would pass the 'fit and proper persons test' ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... tackling inflation, tax credits and superannuation. "Our government will continue to pursue its legislative agenda in the Senate, I will be hoping to introduce new legislation, for example the production tax credits as part of our Future Made in Australia ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... lack of comprehensive data demonstrating how menopause and perimenopause impact women's economic outcomes. In September, a Senate inquiry called on the government to commission a comprehensive study to assess the economic impacts of menopause "which ...

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... executives of the Super Members Council (SMC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have told the senate economics committee that Australians deserve better outcomes from their super funds, but said reforms are needed. ASFA ...

Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Fronting a Senate hearing today, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the fund's board is still considering whether it will appoint the replacement directors nominated by the CFMEU back in September. In September, the CFMEU administrator re-nominated ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called on Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok to face a Senate inquiry over the recent legal proceedings launched by ASIC against the fund and the CFMEU scandal. "The reason that we're having a Senate inquiry in Canberra into ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... value and peers. E&P will shortly face an upcoming public inquiry into its role in the collapse of Dixon Advisory. The senate referred the inquiry to the Wealth Management Companies to the Senate Economics References Committee, which will provide a report ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... continue to aspire to fully self-funded retirement," Tink asserted. Meanwhile, SMSF Association (SMSFA) is now urging the Senate to reject the legislation of a "deeply flawed" tax. "In all likelihood, the fate of this bill now rests in the hands of the ...