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ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
At a hearing this morning, Senator Andrew Bragg called out ASIC chair Joe Longo after he opted not to answer questions about ASIC commissioners investigated under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act. Fronting the Senate Economics ...

I know it's hard, but it could be harder: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... high and stays too high, meaning even higher interest rates and lower employment." However, not everyone was convinced. Senator McKim fired back, saying Australians took on mass debt following Lowe's recommendation that interest rates were unlikely ...

The great super cover up is over: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... right balance between reducing the regulatory burden on funds and public expectations of transparency. Though, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg slammed the relaxed disclosure requirements. He claimed that super funds had covered up hundreds of millions in ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... on issues concerning gender equality in the workplace, and sex-based harassment and discrimination. Minister for women, senator Katy Gallagher said: "The gender pay gap is holding our economy back with $51.8 billion a year lost when it comes to women's ...

Crescent Wealth responds to PDS error criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... religious carve outs for faith-based super funds was struck dead, axed by the government despite it being an election policy. Senator Andrew Bragg told Financial Standard that the faith-based carve out was a ridiculous proposal which would've opened ...

Religious carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... members of funds with faith-based products that are eligible for the supplementary test." Speaking to Financial Standard, Senator Andrew Bragg said that the 'faith-based' carve out was a ridiculous proposal from the government. "Introducing supplementary ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson believes this year may finally be one of positive change. "We're out there seeing things that are going to make it easier for advisers to provide quality advice to their clients ...

Consultation opens on crypto regulation bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has released a draft bill for consultation that introduces licences for digital asset exchanges, custody services, stablecoin issuers, and instigates disclosure requirements for Chinese state-owned banks that facilitate ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... requirements. Hooper said: "This should reduce the risk of inaccuracy and inconsistency across the industry." However, others like Senator Andrew Bragg believed the draft regulations allowed super funds to hide political donations and payments to unions. ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... draft regulations outlining changes to super funds' disclosure requirements. This move attracted stark criticism from senator Andrew Bragg who said minister for financial services Stephen Jones released draft regulations to hide super fund political ...