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FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the clock is ticking for the industry to implement the recommendations in the Trowbridge report. Alex Burke investigates what that might mean for risk advice. "It is up to the industry now to restore public confidence ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Just three weeks out from the Abbott government's second budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to ...

Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has started his countdown for the risk advice industry to get its house in order before the government takes action - and the industry doesn't have long. Speaking at a BT-sponsored Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

New Super Complaints Tribunal chair named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... ensure that the Tribunal fulfils its mediation and settlement role in the important area of superannuation," Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a statement. Davis currently runs her own superannuation consultancy firm which she established in ...

Treasury starts consultation for higher advice standards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... helping consumers to plan for their retirement, and to manage the financial risks and opportunities of life," Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. The consultation paper is based on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) ...

Industry, government respond to Trowbridge report

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... recommendations in John Trowbridge's Review of Retail Life Insurance Advice. The Treasury was broadly supportive, with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg commenting that the report "makes a significant and constructive contribution to improving the ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... could be inactive for three years before being transferred to the government as unclaimed monies. According to Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's statement, this resulted in "real financial distress for many Australians, including older Australians ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... is the first time an ABS officer has been convicted of unauthorised disclosure of statistics. According to Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's statement, the conviction "sends a clear message about the importance and emphasis that our enforcement agencies ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a busy environment for the Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg who has inherited five significant policy processes. There will be a broad based tax review - the Tax White ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... rates on excess non-concessional contributions made to superannuation funds has passed through the Senate. Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No.7) Bill will make the "taxation of excess ...