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Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... monies from super have been paid out. The government commenced consultation on its proposals in January, with assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones saying at the time: "We want to ensure that convicted child sex offenders ...

The great super cover up is over: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... government legislated that super funds' non-political donations would be aggregated and not individually itemised. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones argued this would strike the right balance between reducing the regulatory ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said government reforms will bolster consumer protections. "We will establish ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... to improve access to financial advice through the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposals. In a letter to assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the JAWG said the government's response to the QAR should prioritise the ...

ACCC blitzes social media influencers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... online markets in today's economy, she added. The ACCC's crackdown on social media influencers is supported by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, who emphasised the importance of protecting consumers from false claims ...

Government to close child sex abuser loophole in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... offenders' superannuation accounts, giving transparency to victims of their assets. In an interview with Sky News, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said: "We want to ensure that convicted child sex offenders cannot ...

Religious carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... invest members savings according to the best financial interest duty. Earlier this week, a spokesperson for assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard : "We remain committed to providing Australians ...

Code of Ethics must be fixed: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... sure we would all like to see the Code of Ethics Version 2 designed and delivered in 2023." In August the assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced the government would review the Code of Ethics next year. Anderson ...

Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has doubled down on overhauling transparency requirements so members can access clearer, more meaningful, and more consistent information about their fund. "Decades of scattergun ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Concessional tax arrangements for high balance super funds will be reviewed by the government. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones spoke at the Australian Financial Review Super & Wealth Summit, saying the taxation ...