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Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... donations and payments to unions. Subsequently, Bragg lampooned assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones as the minister for industry super. "He may as well swear allegiance to the unions and super funds," he added. Now ...

Pretium Partners lands down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... leadership roles within the global private capital industry, most recently as executive director, corporate finance for Jones Lang Lassale. Prior, she was the head of alternatives at Tongyang Life Insurance, Korea's fifth largest life insurer, and ...

Crypto asset reforms underway: Treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, minister for financial services Stephen Jones and minister for competition, charities and treasury Andrew Leigh have announced that work is underway on crypto asset reforms. "The Albanese government will improve the way Australia's ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... underperformance by active managers is not a recent phenomenon. According to the SPIVA scorecard produced by the S&P Dow Jones Indices, over the last 15 years almost 84% of actively managed Australian equity general funds underperformed the S&P/ASX 200. ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... advisers and look to make improvements to the Code of Ethics. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced the government will soon commence consultation on removing the university degree requirement for advisers who ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has examined the government's legislative agenda for super and given a policy update on the Quality of Advice Review. Firstly, following assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones' ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... requirements. This move attracted stark criticism from senator Andrew Bragg who said minister for financial services Stephen Jones released draft regulations to hide super fund political donations and their payments to unions. On winding back some protections ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... Benefits and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits schemes." A joint statement by minister for financial services Stephen Jones and minister for veteran's affairs Matt Keogh said: "While the veteran community has broadly welcomed the Douglas decision ...

Draft changes to super disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Jones' statement. In response to the announcement, Senator Andrew Bragg said: "The minister for industry super Stephen Jones released draft regulation to hide super fund political donations and their payments to unions." "He may as well swear allegiance ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... and MySuper performance tests has had a mixed reception. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the government is aware of concerns that YFYS reforms had the potential to perverse or unintended outcomes for members. ...