CHOICE OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS ROUND TABLE 14 December 1999

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CHOICE OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS ROUND TABLE
14 December 1999

Round Table Public Hearing
9.00 am – 3.30 pm, 14 December 1999

Furama Hotel Central,
28 Albion Street, Surry Hills, Sydney

The Senate Select Committee on Superannuation and Financial Services will be conducting a Round Table Hearing in Sydney on Tuesday, 14 December 1999.

The Committee was established on 11 October 1999 to inquire into matters pertaining to superannuation and financial services referred to it by the Senate.

The Round Table will bring together a large group of key players from the superannuation industry, industry associations, consumer organisations, employers and the trade union movement. The aim of the hearing is to provide the Committee with an opportunity to identify, with the assistance of key individuals and organisations, the best features which might be considered in any future choice of funds regime.

Attached are a copy of the draft program and the list of participants.

 

For comment: Senator John Watson

Chair

 02 6277 3685 (Canberra) or
03 6331 4544 (Launceston, TAS)
For information: Sue Morton

Secretary

 02 6277 3458 or
0416278258
Internet access: https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee  
Email: super.sen@aph.gov.au  

 

 

Choice of Superannuation Funds

Committee members

    Senator John Watson (Chair)
    Senator the Hon Nick Sherry (Deputy Chair)
    Senator Lyn Allison
    Senator Grant Chapman
    Senator Stephen Conroy
    Senator John Hogg

 Participants

    1. Australian Consumers Association – Mr John Berrill; Mr Dan Coyne
    2. Institute of Actuaries of Australia – Mr Jock Rankin; Mrs Helen Martin; Mr David O’Keefe
    3. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia – Ms Philippa Smith; Dr Michaela Anderson
    4. Investment and Financial Services Association – Ms Lynn Ralph
    5. Jacques Martin Industry – Mr Peter Downes
    6. Financial Services Consumer Policy Centre – Mr Khaldoun Hajaj
    7. Australian Bankers Association – Mr Gary Healey; Ms Helen Lorigan; Ms Kate Mulligan
    8. Industry Funds Forum – Mr Ian Silk
    9. Australian Council of Trade Unions – Ms Linda Rubinstein
    10. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees – Mr Steve Gibbs
    11. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Mr Reg Hamilton
    12. Financial Planners Association – Mr Homer Paxton
    13. William M Mercer Pty Ltd – Mr Wayne Walker; Mr John Ward; Mr Simon O’Reagan; Mr David Anderson; Mr Tony Cole
    14. AMP Financial Services – Mr Kevin Casey
    15. Phillips Fox Actuaries – Mr Michael Rice
    16. Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants – Mr Brad Pragnell
    17. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia – Mrs Susan Orchard
    18. Australian Retirement Income Streams Association – Mr John McIlroy
    19. Westscheme Superannuation Fund – Mr Howard Rosario

Observers

    Assistant Treasurers Office – Ms Michelle Calder
    Shadow Assistant Treasurer – Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
    Department of Treasury – Mr Michael Rosser; Ms Vicki Wilkinson
    Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority – Ms Jane Barrett
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission – Mr Peter Kell; Ms Frances Butcher