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SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
The SMSF Association has paid tribute to federal politician Bernie Ripoll, who recently announced his resignation as Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Ripoll will be leaving politics at the next election and the SMSF Association ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... posed by the country's ageing demographics story, according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. The Member for Oxley highlighted figures from the Intergenerational Report which showed that by 2055, 40,000 Australians ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... video on YouTube that has already been viewed 48,400 times featuring a 10 year old girl and former Reserve Bank Governer Bernie Fraser explaining why the superannuation tax concessions should be retargeted.

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Labor MP and architect of the first Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms Bernie Ripoll will not contest the next federal election. Ripoll announced the decision on his Facebook page and said that he will finish his term as an MP and will continue ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... 11 cents to $7.97. Department store Myer edged up 1.25 cents to $1.6675 a day after the resignation of chief executive Bernie Brookes prompted the share price to plunge 10.78 per cent. Jetpack developer Martin Aircraft was up 15 cents, or 8.57 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Department store Myer had plunged 20.5 cents, or 11.05 per cent, to $1.65 after the shock departure of chief executive Bernie Brookes. Chemicals and explosives maker Orica was up 81.5 cents at $20.635 as it announced a buyback of more than $400 million ...

Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... inequalities and looming challenges that should be addressed, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll said. In a speech at the SMSF Association National Conference, Ripoll said the fact that the $1.9 trillion retirement ...

ME Bank chair retires

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
ME Bank chair Bernie Fraser will step down after 15 years at the company, he announced yesterday. His decision is effective immediately and follows succession planning preparations; current ME Bank director Garry Weaven will replace him as chairman. ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... executive Mark Rantall, meanwhile, said it would have "chaotic effects". Opposition spokesperson for financial services Bernie Ripoll, however, downplayed these claims, saying: "The [original] FoFA laws were in place for two years, one year soft start ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... time" when the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation was first tabled in Parliament. Labor Member of Parliament Bernie Ripoll asked the Treasurer during question time: "given that the [Financial Services Council] FSC now says more, not less regulation ...