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FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The Financial Planning Association has asked Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten to restrict the term 'Financial Planner' to members of an approved professional association only - and he has agreed to take it on board. The Association (FPA) has ...

$55 million for Trio super fraud victims

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... super funds formerly under the trusteeship of Trio will recover all lost funds after Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten deemed they were entitled to under superannuation law. The funds are- Astarra Superannuation Plan, Astarra Personal Pension ...

Extra year for tax related overhauls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... Managed Investment Trusts (MITs) and financial planners providing tax advice to come to terms with new legislation. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation, said that delaying the start date for the new ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold Coast last night to give ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... has helped ensure the raising of the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said in a media release that Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) revenues would go towards building superannuation savings. ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... needs to have a taxation program in place that doesn't change every year or every other year." Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten's office said it believes most of the legislation prompted by the Cooper Review would be passed in time for the October summit. ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... wider reforms to Australia's foreign source income anti-tax deferral attribution rules. Financial services minister Bill Shorten has said the reform package will improve the competitiveness of Australian companies with offshore operations by reducing ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... useful financial guidance," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard through videolink at the launch. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the website would complement the Stronger Super package, to strengthen the superannuation system and help to maximise ...

Super cap breach stings 65,000

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... figures. In a response to a Senate question by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Corman, Federal Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten disclosed the dramatic increase in numbers during the 2009-10 financial year, when 65,733 people breached the concessional ...

PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... recommendations are contained in the PC's draft report to the Disability Care and Support inquiry, a topic referred to it by Bill Shorten, now assistant treasurer, in 2009 when he was minister for disability services. The National Disability Insurance ...