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New TPB chair welcomed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has named the new chair of the Tax Practitioners Board. Ian Klug is set to take over as chair of the TPB, replacing Ian Taylor who has served in the role for six years. Klug was a partner at Pitcher Partners for 18 years to 2008 ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... was struck with the Greens and after Labor refused to guide the legislation without amendments. However, the Federal Government made significant concessions to the package. Importantly, the Government's insurance in super carve out - which would have ...

Former super fund executive joins fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... of its new chief executive. Money101 has welcomed Theresa Mills in the top role. She currently sits on the Federal Government's Financial Literacy Board and is a former executive general manager at Guild Trustee Services. Mills will work with Money101 ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has amended the SIS Act and some of its superannuation bills to include recommendations made in the Royal Commission's final report. Superannuation fund trustees are set to be banned from treating employers in efforts to be ...

Royal Commission to disrupt product distribution: Roy Morgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Financial product distribution is likely to be disrupted as the Federal Government looks to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission's final report. Latest insights from Roy Morgan show intermediaries account for the distribution of about ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... addition to the flagship fund, Future Fund also manages other funds (with different investment mandates) for the federal government and has just added a new one. The performance for these wasn't as exciting as the main fund for the year ending December ...

Misconduct must end: Frydenberg

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Commission has made 76 recommendations to address industry misconduct and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Federal Government will act on each of them. The Treasurer has put the blame of industry misconduct solely on Australia's financial services ...

Former ACCC chair will lead APRA capability review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has appointed a former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman to lead a capability review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Responding to the Royal Commission's final report into Misconduct ...

First neobank granted full banking licence

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... highest raising since the initial APRA reform. Frydenberg believes Volt Bank's success is due in part to broader federal government economic policy. "Increasing competition in the banking sector to give consumers more choice, lower prices and better ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Fitch Solutions. In December 2018, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced the Federal Government had received higher than expected revenue from individual and company taxes. This suggested a $4.1 billion Budget surplus ...