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Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... had been restored to the ministry. The department later corrected the name to Finance Minister and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann. "Treasury apologises to all its stakeholders for this error and the confusion it may have caused," acting Treasury ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... lodgement fee for Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister for Finance and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann said: "the register will cost about $5 million to set up and will be funded by increasing the current ...

Labor considers ban on insurance commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns, shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told media that while Labor exempted risk advisers from a commission ban under FoFA, it was now reconsidering ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... general meeting yesterday and announced that current AFA national president Michael Nowak will hand over to former AFA treasurer Deborah Kent. Kent will hold the role of AFA president for two years. "All directors have clearly expressed their desire ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has lambasted the Labor party for "complaining about its own laws" and making "such a mess of the entire crisis of financial advice." Hockey accused Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen of being "too busy in engaging with unfair dismissal ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... dummy for the heavens appear to have conspired against us, Aussies - not that we need anymore, not with PM Tony and Treasurer Joey at the helm, running a pro-cyclical fiscal policy (that is, running a tight budget in the face of economic slowdown). But ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial Stability Board ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey wants Arthur Sinodinos to return to the role of assistant treasurer if he is cleared of any wrongdoing by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). When asked yesterday whether he thought it was appropriate for Sinodinos ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... to social issues and open up new avenues for innovation that grow economic as well as social value." New South Wales Treasurer Andrew Constance also spoke at the launch. The NSW government was instrumental in the creation of two social benefit bond issuances ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...