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New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... protection mechanism, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will look at the adequacy of current qualifications required by financial advisers ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... (37.1%) said this was the greatest challenge facing their business over the next three years. The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into professional, educational and ethical standards in financial planning has put the spotlight on the qualifications ...

PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Oxley for Labor, nor was it to become the long-standing MP for the Brisbane suburb or to head the Parliamentary Joint Committee that would end up reshaping financial advice. "There were only a couple of paths available for kids like me, growing up in ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... fair representation or conveys a misleading impression," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Parliamentary Joint Committee for corporations and financial services during a routine oversight of the regulator.

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Tanzer confirmed that the regulator looked at the campaign during a routine oversight of ASIC at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) for corporations and financial services. "We are looking at the campaign in the context of the complaints that have ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... interest in superannuation and financial services and is most widely known for his role as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, a committee that reviewed the Storm Financial scandal and whose recommendations ...

Victims push for new Trio fraud inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) are pushing for another inquiry on the Trio Capital fraud after the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) failed to address the victims' main issues of concern. VOFF spokesperson Paul Matters told Financial Standard that ...

ASIC admits Commonwealth FP investigation was "not adequate"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) has admitted. ASIC recently submitted a 18-page document to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) that is investigating the regulator for having reacted late to whistleblower alerts that some financial planners at ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... they pass on scale fee benefits. Paul Fletcher the federal member for Bradfield, who sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee into Corporations and Financial Services, gave a speech to the H R Nichols Society this week where he attacked industry super ...

Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Superannuation Mathias Cormann said. "We will implement all 16 recommendations made as part of the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into FoFA," the document said. The recommendations include the complete removal of opt-in, the simplification and ...