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Aussie planners should turn to Asia: Hockey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, urges financial planners in Australia to expand their client base to Asia as the region's wealth continues to escalate. "I think Australian financial advisers are among the very best of the world," he said at an Association ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... of funds. Meanwhile the Coalition said it would abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey flagged he would oppose an increase in SG. Schroder is not alone in his view on the election. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Anderson being a former senior adviser to former Coalition industrial relations minister Peter Reith and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey being patron of SMEboardroom. Joe Hocke,y in his speech to the National Press Club this week, stated the Coalition would ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, vows to review the Financial Services Reform (FSR) should the Coalition win the next election. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) forum this month, Hockey said the FSR legislation was not implemented ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... of sales commissions, the Committee didn't need to as fiduciary responsibility is highly likely - as highlighted by Joe Hockey shadow treasurer in his speech to the FPA conference last week - to be incompatible with such remuneration models. The implications ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, said the Liberal Party does not agree with banning commissions, arguing that mandating planners to have a fiduciary obligation towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Government is creating an "800-pound gorilla" in the market that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has called on new shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to drop the Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...