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Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... ensures that the costs of regulation are borne by those entities that have created the need for it, rather than the Australian public," Morrison commented. Greg Medcraft's term as chair will also be extended, pending approval from the Governor-General ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... practices to avoid meeting claims; Whether a life insurance industry code of conduct is required; and The role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in reform and oversight of the industry. In a statement the office of Senator ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

Government to lift advice standards by law

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... implement the industry agreement. The new measures will be reviewed again in 2018, and "if the review suggests further reform, consideration would be given to the Inquiry's recommendation for a level commission structure." The Financial Planning Association ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... very little or no transparency. "This should be cause for concern for fund members and an area ripe for disclosure reforms by law makers and regulatory authorities," Whiteley said. "Fees are being generated a number of ways by the vertically-integrated ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... endorsed the principle of a consumer's right to choose their fund in a compulsory system and that this must be protected by law. "This is an important reform, as many people covered by enterprise agreements and awards must use the fund chosen for them ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... the warning from Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Josh Frydenberg in an April 8 column for the Australian Financial Review. His message about industry leadership - which he said "[depends] ultimately on the industry's own actions" ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... superannuation boards is a serious design flaw. A requirement to have a majority of independent directors applies to Australian listed companies as it does to banks and life insurer boards which are subject to APRA's regulation. The $1.9 trillion compulsory ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Financial Wisdom (FW) customers being made public by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC). The inquiry, chaired by Labor Senator Mark Bishop, grilled ASIC commissioners ...