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Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... curb the managed funds industry's ability to support Australia's economic recovery. It comes following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's announcement on March 30 that Australia will extend the time frame for decisions on foreign investments to up to six months ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has confirmed superannuation funds that fail to appropriately handle early release during the COVID-19 crisis will face penalties. Asked by Financial Standard how the government would handle funds that might face liquidity ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... payments, so that those with partners earning what was previously above the threshold will now be eligible. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said: "Australia is facing a war on two fronts. As the Prime Minister said we are facing a health crisis and an economic ...

COVID-19 spurs greater scrutiny of foreign investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that all proposed foreign investment into Australia will be subject to regulatory approval to protect national interests during the COVID-19 crisis. The temporary measures, which came into effect on Sunday ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op, wrote to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week to ask him to institute the same measures for SMSF pensioners that the Rudd Government introduced during the Global ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... (FoFA) reforms banned such payments on most investment products. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public consultation ...

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... contracts. "We are on track to meet the accelerated timetable outlined in our implementation roadmap," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. This comes ahead of the one year anniversary of Hayne's final report on February 5. The draft legislation for recommendation ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... after growing almost 30% in the 12 months to December 2019. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public consultation ...

Government opens BEAR extension consultation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... as that the regime will be co-administered by the two financial services regulators, ASIC and APRA. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the obligations of FAR would make senior financial services executives more accountable for what happens under their watch. ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... to be banned Hot on the heels of the Royal Commission's final report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. Further, from the same date, payments of any previously ...