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Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... said at a Sydney roadshow today. Bowen made the comments on ABC's Lateline program last night, in line with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, who recently told Financial Standard that another collapse like Storm could not be ruled out. "My dilemma ...

PROFILE: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
A career in the public and private sector has set the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos in good stead for his challenge to change the financial services sector. Alice Uribe reports. By his own admission, politics was not always on the cards for Senator ...

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JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we sit down with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to discuss his career to date and find out what he hopes to achieve in office. In particular, Senator Sinodinos reflects on the thinking behind the proposed ...

Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... compensation scheme for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In response to a statement made by the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "the guiding philosophy underpinning self-managed super is that ...

ASFA calls for clarity on retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... deferred lifetime annuities, which are taxed punitively when compared to other income stream products. While the Assistant Treasurer has indicated that he is open to a review of such arrangements, the timing of this is yet to be announced." The submission ...

Superannuation bodies axed in government streamlining

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... government's 'streamlining' process. With reforms to the superannuation sector in recent years largely implemented, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos said the three 'non-statutory' bodies were surplus to requirements and would be disbanded with remaining ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has denied claims that the government's plan to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking ...

FoFA reforms put professional standards at risk: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... professional standards," he said. Yesterday, as part of its move to wind back the former government's FoFA reforms, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos released a set of draft regulations and legislation for consultation. The key amendments included ...

Government releases FoFA draft legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
As part of its move the wind back the former government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has released a set of draft regulations and legislation for consultation. The draft legislative amendments and ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer Anthony Sinodinos announced amendments to Labor's FoFA reforms that delivered notable reprieves for financial planners ...