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CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... these things, and we want to ensure that investors are as safe as they can be in a market economy," he said. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dampened ideas about the possibility of an independent judiciary inquiry or a Royal Commission and referred ...

Government plays down support for royal commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... bottom of these things, and we want to ensure that investors are as safe as they can be in a market economy." Finance Minister Matthias Cormann also dampened ideas about the possibility of a deeper investigation and made comments aftre reading a 'dissenting ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... accounts and life insurance policies are transferred to the government. In releasing the discussion paper this week, Finance minister Senator Mathias Cormann said the current arrangements introduced by the previous Labor government in 2012 shortening ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... generated controversy among industry and consumer bodies. Yesterday, the AFA has reacted for the first time to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to freeze the regulation, almost a week ago. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said that the intense ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to temporarily freeze the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. ...

FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... would have ended. The legislation would then in theory pass after 1 July, making the changes permanent. However, Finance Minister Matthias Cormann, who now has responsibility for Sinodinos' portfolio, decided not to pursue this controversial move, described ...

FoFA freeze a consequence of pro-consumer campaign: Silk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... to making sure that the legislations and regulations are fully understood before they proceed," Brogden said. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced on Thursday that he temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... there needs to be accountability as well." Sinodinos was not available for comment at the time of writing; but Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the Senator would not be stepping down. When asked if Sinodinos should be ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... reversal of Singapore's traditional resistance to Western-style welfare state policies, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in his budget speech: "We are strengthening social safety nets, and mitigating inequalities ...