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Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... its recommendations were predictable, they represent big wins and yet severe threats for both sides of the industry. The inquiry was called in 2009 by minister Bill Shorten as part of the review into the award modernisation process that underpinned the ...

NIIS development on track

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The advisory group established by the government following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into a National Disability and Insurance Scheme has endorsed the Gillard government' policy approach. "The Advisory Group's work on the issues associated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... Hastie Group is due to hold a creditors meeting. The Australian Mines and Metals Association makes a submission to federal inquiry into 'fly-in, fly-out' workforce practices in regional Australia, in Melbourne. Rio Tinto is also due to appear before ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital report said that US citizen Jack Flader, was the ultimate controller of the business of ...

SuperStream levy unclear

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... SuperStream and the manner in which they are to be raised. Speaking at public hearings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 and Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition today, Andrew Bragg ...

Coalition clears up FOFA questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Senator Mathias Cormann said the 16 recommendations that coalition members made on the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) have been formally endorsed by the shadow cabinet and coalition party room. ...

FOFA misses the mark on investment fraud

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... that early enforcement is materially tighter or more effective. While welcoming the full report of the PJC on its Trio inquiry, Townsend does not believe that regulators or Government fully understand the potential for another fraudulent MIS offering ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... investors $176 million in retirement savings, the PJC highlighted the failure of key checks in the regulatory system. The inquiry found regulators missed some key signals, failing to identify the fraud or act rapidly enough to shut it down and protect ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed it has sold the final tranche of its shares in the media conglomerate, which remains ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...