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Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, has unveiled a new financial advisory panel to help with the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms. "The Panel will play a key role in lifting the level of professional ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... and not to do it on the lowest common basis. Silk and Dunn's comments come two days after superannuation minister Bill Shorten compared the bickering among the super fund industry's factions to a Monty Python sketch, and said it's time for them to deliver ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten compared the bickering among the super fund industry's factions to a Monty Python sketch and said it's time for them to deliver something back to the community in return for the government support they receive. Minister ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has put himself and the government on a collision course with the union movement following repeated statements that the SG increase will not be funded by employers but by employees. Speaking yesterday at the OECD/IOPS ...

Shorten delays tax services regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... additional extension before they have to comply with the tax agent services regime. The Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, has introduced new regulations to push back the application due date for the national tax agent services regime for ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... extraordinary general meetings. In Sydney, Assistant Treasurer & Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, addresses the financial services sector as part of the Financial Services Council/Deloitte Leadership Series.

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... the strongest signal yet that the opposition is unlikely to support lifting SG to 12 per cent. Senator Cormann said Bill Shorten, the Assistant Treasurer and minister for superannuation, in recent speeches about the government's superannuation agenda ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... any ownership interest above a 15 per cent threshold will require the approval of the financial services minister Bill Shorten. This is in addition to the usual approvals for foreign takeovers required from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). ...

Full steam ahead for MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has cited Australians' concerns that super is too complex as a key reason why MySuper will be implemented as planned. Minister Shorten quoted research from Colmar Brunton that showed consumers generally find information ...