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Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015

... claims of widespread wrongdoing have no basis of fact," Kelaher said. For the most part of the morning, Labor Senator Sam Dastyari quizzed Kelaher about when he knew of front-running, absence of an asset register and plagiarism allegations, dating back ...

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015

... able to appear in front of the Committee, given the short notice of the invite; a spokesperson for Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told Financial Standard. If IOOF refuses to appear, "the Economics Committee can elevate the invite to a formal request from ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015

... Financial Advice inquiry. However, following the bank's appointment of Kingsford Smith, Committee chair and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told Financial Standard : "I am pleased to hear that NAB has taken this step after the repeated urgings of my colleagues ...

NAB upgrades advice compensation program

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015

... public hearing in Canberra as part of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. Committee chair and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told NAB chief executive: "Mr Thorburn, you throw around the word 'independent'. There is nothing independent about the process ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015

... went wrong in their advice divisions at a public Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. Chaired by Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, the Senate Economics Committee will interrogate Macquarie Group chief executive Nicolas Moore and head of banking and financial ...

Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014

... government to withdraw these amendments and work to bridge the widening chasm between the two sides," Labor Senator Sam Dastyari said in a dissenting report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the latest FoFA changes. Dastyari, who is also ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has obtained the support from the Coalition to conduct a new Senate Economics Committee inquiry to scrutinise the financial services industry. The inquiry will continue the task of last year's Senate Economics Committee inquiry ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014

... succeeded in "removing unnecessary red tape that Labor imposed on the behest of the union movement." Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, who initially forced the vote, reacted strongly to the unexpected announcement. "The government has completely lost control ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014

... regulations of amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments yesterday in the Senate. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari presented an order for the production of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of Financial Advice) and the motion ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014

... would be far more efficient and would avoid us running out of time to take action," Medcraft admitted. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari noted that "there is obviously a clear divide between the role of ASIC and the role of the AFP" and added that "sometimes ...

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