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Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... into the operation of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) laws 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 ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... while Angus Taylor is shadow Treasurer and Jane Hume becomes finance minister. Robert has been appointed as the shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services after previously undertaking the role for eight months in 2018 - 2019. ...

Kate Howitt to leave Fidelity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... and its impact on the key sectors of the Australian economy such as resources and industrials." Coleman has been the assistant portfolio manager of the Fidelity Australian Opportunities Fund since October 2021. She is an experienced analyst with 10 years ...

Stephen Jones confirmed as financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
Stephen Jones has today been sworn in as assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, replacing Jane Hume who had overseen the financial services portfolio since 2019. Jones has served as shadow financial services minister since 2019 and ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... minimum threshold largely impacts younger workers, but also potentially older people working part-time," Howard said. ACTU assistant secretary Scott Connolly has previously called the threshold removal a great win for workers and an important step towards ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... while the unemployment rate was close to 7% and inflation was well below its target band. At the KangaNews DCM Summit, assistant governor Christopher Kent explained that the decision to now cease the purchases under the program came down to three criteria. ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... Embattled Liberal MP Jason Falinksi and Gerrard Rennick have also been critical of the SG increases. Conversely, shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones has recurringly reaffirmed Labor's commitment to ...

TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... Family and Community Connections, Household Capital and GoSourcing. During his parliamentary career, he also served as assistant treasurer, minister for public sector superannuation, and shadow minister for retirement incomes.

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar has welcomed the ATO's recent draft guidance on family trusts, noting that they are a legitimate and important way for families, particularly those running small businesses, to manage their financial affairs. This ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds two new members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
Assistant treasurer of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), Michael Sukkar, has appointed Andrew Conway and Steven Dobson to the board for a three-year period starting from 30 March 2022. Conway is chief executive and a fellow of the Institute of Public ...