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Terminally ill granted early access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... cases, following consultation with Breast Cancer Network Australia and other organisations, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. Under the current provision for early access to superannuation, terminally ill patients must obtain a certification ...

Frydenberg to decide on advice standards in June

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is expected to release a final document outlining the measures to improve professional standards for financial advisers at the end of June. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operating officer Phil ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and over 20 industry and consumer bodies met on April 29th to reach a consensus on lifting professional, ethical and education standards for financial advisers. The roundtable is the first of three and will focus ...

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
... Minister equates a reduction in a tax break with a tax increase. Adding to this, within days Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Fairfax Media that the government has also ruled out changes to superannuation tax concessions. While Frydenberg made ...

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
... 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 2013. Prior to ...

Industry, government respond to Trowbridge report

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... 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 quality of advice and outcomes ...

Treasury starts consultation for higher advice standards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... 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) on Corporations and ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... 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 and community groups ...