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APRA accepts EU from former Trio director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... responsible entity for 25 managed investment schemes, including the Astarra Strategic Fund In April Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announced he would grant around $55 million in financial assistance to over 5,000 members of the Trio superannuation ...

MySuper legislation introduced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... Part of the Government's broader Stronger Super reform package, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Superannuation, Bill Shorten, introduced the legislation yesterday as the next step to greater retirement savings for Australians. "Today, I introduce ...

SG Bill enters parliament with strong support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Superannuation Guarantee charge from 9% to 12%, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, also asked that the SG age limit be abolished. "We are living longer than ever before. Australians are reorganising ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... development of Australia as a financial services centre," said Treasurer Wayne Swan and Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten in a joint statement. "The launch of an alternative exchange was a key recommendation of the Johnson report, which encouraged ...

ASFA gets behind phoenix reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... promote deterrence of fraudulent phoenix activity. According to Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, the legislation will empower the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to legally pursue directors if a company's superannuation ...

ASX: Breakdown unrelated to Monday's Chi-X launch

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... systems to ensure we deliver world-class products, latency and reliability." Both ASX and financial services minister Bill Shorten said the breakdown was unrelated to the arrival of competitor Chi-X in three days time, nor would it affect ASX's ability ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... and also exempt tax losses from the continuity of ownership test and the same business test. Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, said the move will especially benefit super funds. "The proposed ...

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... 0.36%. The report will be launched today by Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten at the Financial Services Outlook Conference.

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... feature was revealed without prior consultation with the industry. Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, yesterday introduced the Future of Financial Advice Bill (the FOFA Bill) with the addition of a new feature of a retrospective ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... from having to fill in a tax reform. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, also spoke at the forum about the unnecessary complexity of the tax system but also its strengths, with Australia having the ...