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Government takes no sides in industry-retail super split

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... fees. Paul Costello, chairman of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group last week handed Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten the group's report on the MySuper reforms. The group could not reach agreement on the proposal to have a single fee structure ...

Bank of Melbourne relaunches with plans for 90 new branches

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... foes buried the hatchet for the launch with Labor's Federal Minister for Financial Services and Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten attending the ceremony at the Richmond branch in Melbourne alongside Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells, from the Liberal party. ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... commissions system, and that was why opt-in was a necessary consumer protection. Last month Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten told financial planners at a luncheon organised by the Association of Financial Advisers that the industry needed to ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... to comment on the Federal Government proposal to halve taxes on interest income. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has released a discussion paper outlining the move to a 50% tax discount on up to $500 of income earned from savings in the ...

Australia secures 30 TIEA partners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... offshore tax avoidance and evasion by Australians in those countries due to the free exchange of taxpayer information. Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer, said the agreements build stronger economic and trading ties between the nations. "The signing of ...

Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Self-funded retirees may not be left out in the cold in the new carbon tax scheme after all, with Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten announcing more package highlights to Tasmanian retirees. Yesterday self-funded retirees expressed concern of being ignored ...

Govt $41m finance centre launches new projects

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... projects including High Frequency Trading. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, and Deputy Premier of NSW and Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Stoner, named the University of New South Wales ...

Medicare to handle compassionate super payouts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... being those superannuation fund members experiencing undue hardship because of their personal circumstances," said Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation. The average sum paid out on compassionate grounds in the last financial ...

Govt closes in on phoenix super dodgers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... personally liable, after releasing draft legislation and calling for submissions from the industry. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said yesterday that the government will strengthen obligations of companies and directors to prohibit phoenix companies ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten yesterday faced financial advisers upset over two planks of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, answering questions but firmly rejecting criticisms. The tension was palpable at the Association of Financial ...