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Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... announcement of the update came from Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten, and will draw attention to one of the government's key policies in the lead up to the election. Calling Labor the "party of ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... "financial planner" under law for the protection of consumers. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten released legislation for enshrinement in November 2012 and in March this year, government introduced legislation for "financial ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... representatives on certain boards was no longer appropriate in the 21st Century," Cormann said. "We are disappointed that Bill Shorten and the Labor Party continued to resist our efforts to achieve this important reform to improve superannuation in the ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... "financial planner" under law for the protection of consumers. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten released legislation for enshrinement in November 2012 and in March this year, government introduced legislation for "financial ...

SPAA gives support to Council of Super Custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... the government's move to set up a Council of Super Custodians. Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced the creation of a Charter Group last week. The group will seek input on the establishment of a Council of Super Custodians. ...

No need for more super bureaucracy: Cormann

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... the Government on the Charter's discussion paper. Yesterday the Minister of Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced plans to create a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability by establishing a Charter Group. Deputy chair ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... opportunities for retail investor participation," Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten said in a statement. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has made technical and commercial arrangements ...

MySuper draft regs released for consultation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... compare super products based on easy to understand information," Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. "The draft regulations represent the final stage of the government's MySuper reforms and are aimed at improving competition ...

APX given green light

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... integrity and operating rules and compensation arrangements, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Bernie Ripoll announced yesterday. These changes will permit the APX to commence ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... and more importantly poor financial products." On Friday, the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, responded to the two reports by saying the Government accepted "the vast majority of their recommendations". The Government's ...