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Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... Financial Ombudsman Scheme; the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal; and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said the review panel will be chaired by law professor Ian Ramsay, with lawyer Julie Ambramson and Choice ...

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... retirement phase to products such as deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) and group self-annuitisation products. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said these products "can provide more flexibility and choice for Australian retirees, and help them to better ...

Super objective paves way for taxation changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... the earnings of Transition to Retirement Income Streams. A joint statement from Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer says the objective of superannuation will be to provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... given a longer time frame to meet new education standards in its revised draft legislation. In a statement, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer wished to clarify that existing advisers would not be required to complete a ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... million on compensation to eligible investors. Commenting on the decision, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer said: "Because they are not covered by the SIS Act, in good faith the Government considered whether there were ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... fairness test, super will - and should become - a significant election issue, if it isn't already." Federal Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer followed Garcia's speech by video and said the government was committed to "getting superannuation right." On ...

Super tax concessions no gift

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
Industry superannuation fund Vision Super has hit out at Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's assertion that super taxation concessions are a "gift", saying their implementation has been more about budget fixes. Vision Super said Australians have been ...

Narev apologetic in face of CommInsure allegations

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... that the likelihood of a dispute involving CommInsure was two per 100,000 policies. In April last year, then Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg warned the insurance industry to gets its house in order after ASIC found 37% of insurance advice was in ...

Parliament passes FoFA amendments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... consumers and alleviate the unintended consequences that have arisen since the laws were introduced," said Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer. "The Coalition Government is committed to providing certainty and reducing complexity for business and financial ...