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Frydenberg takes RC super advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... MySuper products. On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the release of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report, Treasurer Josh Frydengberg has released draft legislation implementing several of the report's recommendations, including many pertaining ...

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... insurance contracts. "We are on track to meet the accelerated timetable outlined in our implementation roadmap," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. This comes ahead of the one year anniversary of Hayne's final report on February 5. The draft legislation ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... $53 billion, after growing almost 30% in the 12 months to December 2019. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public ...

Government opens BEAR extension consultation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... differences, such as that the regime will be co-administered by the two financial services regulators, ASIC and APRA. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the obligations of FAR would make senior financial services executives more accountable for what happens ...

Super fund names advice head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... manager of distribution at VicSuper has jumped to a $55 billion industry fund to lead its advice and education function. Josh Parisotto has stepped into the chief advice officer role at HESTA, beginning on 13 January 2020. He joins from VicSuper where ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... help their children afford a home deposit, according to retirement funding provider Household Capital's chief executive Josh Funder. "For a lot of Baby Boomers they enjoy such great longevity that their children don't get to enjoy their wealth ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... Australia's treasury men - Labor's Wayne Swan and then Chris Bowen; the Coalition's Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison and now Josh Frydenberg - have burnt the forests for the trees in their quest to get the bragging rights to a budget surplus. This ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... as Scott Morrison pledges to commit "everything that is needed and more" to the bushfire recovery. "The Prime Minister and Josh Frydenberg will launch the government's national bushfire recovery agency on Monday, to be led by former Australian Federal ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... commissions to be banned Hot on the heels of the Royal Commission's final report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. Further, from the same date, payments of ...

CBA chief tasked with rebuilding banking

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... sector, this time, examining "loyalty tax"; where new borrowers are charged lower rates than existing customers. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that banks were discriminating against loyal customers. "Customers get penalised for their loyalty. To win ...