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PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... system and review how default funds are selected. A statement jointly released by Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said: "We have tasked the Productivity Commission (PC) to develop criteria to assess the efficiency and competitiveness ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... both countries. Federal Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, and Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the government is committed to making sure people who live and work in more than one country are not ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... their super is many decades away," the submission said. Speaking at press conference in Hobart yesterday, Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer rejected the idea that super fund choice is a bad idea. "Your superannuation is your money. The government mandates ...

ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... level of upfront and ongoing commission payments on life insurance products. Draft legislation released by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer last month also proposes ASIC will have the power to set the amount of upfront commissions to be repaid to life ...

Former FPA chair joins Tax Practitioners Board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... Taylor, which Rantall said "will provide continuity to the work of the TPB." Federal Small Business Minister and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer announced the TPB board appointments yesterday. New board members beginning on 22 January 2016, are: Julie ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... proposing using consolidated MySuper data to compare a superannuation investment option's fees, returns and risk. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer released draft legislation and a consultation paper today that asks for the super industry's views on ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... Stone and Chalk with guests including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer, as well as Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy. Turnbull told more than 100 industry professionals the ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... raise standards for financial advisers in order to improve public confidence and trust in the sector," said Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer. "While these reforms will represent a substantial change to the current regulatory environment for financial ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has penned a letter to Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer supporting several amendments to the superannuation trustee governance bill. ASFA has told O'Dwyer it would support the federal government ...