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National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... standards should be adopted by ASIC. National Seniors said the submission comes "barely two weeks after acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann delayed the dilution of consumer protections introduced by the former Labor government in response to recent ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said it "never occurred" to him to disclose to New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell that he stood to earn a $10 to $20 million commission if Australian Water Holdings (AWH) won its bid to participate ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... the way of the nation becoming a regional "financial services powerhouse", according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance Conference in Sydney yesterday, Ciobo said ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... changes on hold last week. Speaking at an event hosted by the Financial Services Council, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo said the government was committed to making all the proposed changes "as soon as possible", stressing the ...

FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... government has already introduced the amendments as legislation, and the process is underway. However, former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos had planned simultaneously to push through the amendments via regulation. Had he pursued this course, the ...

FoFA freeze a consequence of pro-consumer campaign: Silk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. The announcement was made shortly after he took over former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' responsibilities, following Sinodinos' involvement in a corruption inquiry.

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... prohibition of commissions in general advice," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. On the same day the former Assistant Treasurer stood Arthur Sinodinos stood aside due to his involvement in an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... of Reference including technological change, Australia's global competitiveness and offshore regulatory frameworks, Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement this morning. Prior to founding CQS, Hintze held senior roles at CSFB and Goldman Sachs. He was ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be ...