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Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... advice associations are eagerly anticipating meaningful and swift changes to take place under new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, optimistic that critical reforms in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and Delivering Better Financial ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Daniel Mulino is the new minister for financial services and assistant treasurer. Mulino was named in the position by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday. He brings a great deal of relevant experience to the portfolio. With an extensive background ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Labor has secured 93 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, with a few still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... paid. So, we do have some concerns." In addition, as the industry awaits who will be named the new financial services minister, the FAAA said it intends to hand over a long list of "critical" advice reforms. "As soon as we know who that minister is ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... squarely on maximising returns to cover public sector pension liabilities - "a classic rainy-day fund." But under prime minister Anthony Albanese and treasurer Jim Chalmers, "that model has now been decisively overhauled." With public debt soaring, a ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... [are] constantly doing that, but it is important to stay connected with the government," she said. "We will have a new minister, for example, we don't know who that is yet, so when we find that out, we're obviously working with them closely ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... Australia (FAAA) said it is looking forward to working with the re-elected Labor government and new financial services minister, following the retirement of Stephen Jones. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood reaffirmed the FAAA's commitment to collaborating ...

Super lobbies welcome bipartisan support to fight financial abuse

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... upcoming federal election, it will work to fight against financial abuse. This comes after Labor senator Katy Gallagher and minister for social services Amanda Rishworth promised to introduce new measures to target perpetrators of financial abuse last ...

Government to 'crack down further' on financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... plan Building Australia's Future: Labor's Commitment to Women, launched yesterday by Labor senator Katy Gallagher and minister for social services Amanda Rishworth. In a joint statement, the ministers said the government's plan places a new focus on ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election financial services summit, Spender said while minister for financial services Stephen Jones has worked to deliver some reform, she wished there had been more movement. "I've ...