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Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... schemes will face tough penalties as part of the Government's Stronger Super reforms. Minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced the crack down targeting schemes promoted as a means of accessing their superannuation prior to being eligible ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
A group of Trio fraud victims is meeting with Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation and financial services, to demand that they be compensated for their losses just as members of regular super funds were compensated. John Telford, secretary of the ...

$2.8bn in lost super found

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... amount of missing retirement savings now at $17.4bn, a 14% fall from the previously reported total of $20.2 billion. Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation, said the lost super figures released today were a step in the right ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... ex-Ansett workers who have been waiting a long time for their entitlements and for this process to come to an end," said Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation. "The collapse of Ansett was a significant moment in Australia's ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... represent big wins and yet severe threats for both sides of the industry. The inquiry was called in 2009 by minister Bill Shorten as part of the review into the award modernisation process that underpinned the removal of WorkChoices that was replaced ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... triggering adverse tax consequences that would affect members' savings. Minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten, said that the measures "removes a barrier that would have prevented otherwise sound superfund mergers from proceeding." ...

NIIS development on track

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... Insurance Scheme (NIIS), is key to the Gillard Government's reforms to the disability care and support sector," said Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation. The National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS) is intended to cover the ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... registration regime for auditors working in the SMSF sector, announced this week by superannuation minister Minister Bill Shorten, are broadly been in line with industry expectations although questions still remain around quality assurance. In announcing ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... current regime." The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) commented on Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten's estimates that the new rules could see up to 10,000 accountants become licensed. "The majority of SMSF trustees can get ...

SMSF Trustees want compensation: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... rule it out as an option," he said. A spokesman for the federal minister for superannuation and financial services Bill Shorten said a formal response to a levy on SMSFs, considered in the St John report, would be announced in the coming months.