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Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... merged Omni Bridgeway and IMF Bentham supported the call for regulation last week as the parliamentary joint committee inquiry into class actions and litigation funding got underway. "As the pioneer of litigation funding in Australia, Omni Bridgeway ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Some of the financial services industry's biggest players fronted the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance on Friday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane faced the panel first, telling the Committee that any further ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... 10 working Australians cover they wouldn't necessarily otherwise have. Submitting to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance, the Financial Services Council highlighted the role superannuation plays in providing an affordable level ...

ASIC takes SMSF business to court

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... growth in SMSFs, the increase by SMSFs in geared investment strategies and following the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the collapse of Trio, ASIC established an SMSF Taskforce in 2012. "The Taskforce meets regularly to examine high-risk ...

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 ...

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 ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... timing was a factor in getting the statements to a suitable standard. In evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the FOFA reforms held last month Jim Murphy, market group executive director for Treasury said, "the fact of the matter ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Investors, Murdoch Books and Quintessence Labs. His appointment follows MLC's submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Financial Services and Products, which said licensee boards of affiliated businesses should comprise of majority ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... lead in building trust in the financial planning industry by making a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Financial Services and Products. In addition, the business also announced that Garvan/MLC Financial Planning and Apogee ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA made separate submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry, both associations noted some common recommendations. Aside from a push for financial planners and advisers to be a member ...
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