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Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently submitted to the Senate inquiry into economic security of women in retirement. Among widely held recommendations to immediately increase the superannuation ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
The Senate inquiry in to economic security of women in retirement has been told the federal government's first priority should be including super guarantee contributions in the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. Both National Australia Bank (NAB) and ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... and Chris Ketter have dissented from a report recommending the bill on superannuation trustee governance be passed in the Senate today. The dissenting senators believe the bill "blindly conflates and confuses trustee governance with shareholder governance" ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... provide a universal access to savings in retirement not to replace the Age Pension safety net." HESTA supports the senate inquiry to address women's superannuation adequacy issues and will make a submission to calling for reforms to ensure a more equitable ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... the water." A CBA spokesperson replied to the news on October 28, saying, "We reject allegations presented to the Senate Inquiry today and stand by the independence and integrity of the Open Advice Review program. We welcome scrutiny of the program and ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to the Senate Economics Inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 shows that increasing scale ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann kept his role and was also appointed deputy Senate leader. A number of industry organisations told Financial Standard they were hoping that Josh Frydenberg would keep his ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... companies "at risk" remains from "an unacceptably low base". The comments formed part of ACSI's recent submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry in to foreign bribery. ACSI recommends the government harmonises Australia's legal ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... statement said. It also said the details of 67 incidents at Nauru are contained in the company's submission to a Senate inquiry, publicly available on the Senate's website.

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Issues around Australia's gender retirement income gap are expected to be reviewed by March next year after the Senate was instructed to conduct an inquiry yesterday. A cross-party motion by Senators Jenny McAllister (Labor), Sean Edwards (Liberal) ...