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Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... public register of financial advisers will be more detailed than it was expected, the regulations introduced by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show. As expected, the regulations include the obligation for financial advisers to provide detailed information ...

Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are positive signs for trustees. ...

Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The financial services industry is waiting on newly-appointed Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of ...

Former FSC policy head gets government role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Former Financial Services Council (FSC) senior executive Martin Codina has been snapped up for a role in Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's office as chief of staff. Codina was at the FSC for eight years and spent around half of that time as the ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has resigned from the ministry. The decision is expected to trigger a ministerial reshuffle. The decision paves the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reshuffle his frontbench as early as this weekend. "I will ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... heated that it made its way into mainstream media, bringing financial advice under the spotlight. In March, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos was forced to step aside due to his involvement in an ICAC investigation. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... to individuals, the financial system and the economy, and limit the risks to taxpayers." In February then Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos ruled out a full review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements, but emphasised that licensing is nece ...

Murray calls for end to LRBAs

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... to individuals, the financial system and the economy, and limit the risks to taxpayers." In February then Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos ruled out a full review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements, but emphasised that licensing is nece ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... had been restored to the ministry. The department later corrected the name to Finance Minister and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann. "Treasury apologises to all its stakeholders for this error and the confusion it may have caused," acting Treasury ...