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Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation, said the Coalition won't dictate how a financial planning client has to pay for advice but said it would not support all types of commission payments. "I believe that trailing ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... when another government comes in they say 'ok, let's go back'. It's better for consumers and better for business." The Coalition is not supporting the banning of commissions on investments. Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation ...

Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Australia's largest seniors' organisation, National Seniors Australia, has warned the Coalition to scrap its plans to block the SG increase and the lifting of the SG age limit from 70 to 75. National Seniors Australia (NSA) chief executive Michael O'Neill ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Coalition's small target election strategy for industrial relations and their commitment to stick with the government's Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... night, the United Kingdom upped the tempo. Swept into power by its pledge of fiscal austerity, the UK's Conservative-led Coalition announced more spending cuts and tax increases on top of the spending cuts and tax increases already announced by the previous ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... ACCI and SMEboardroom are, however, nullified to an extent by Peter Anderson being a former senior adviser to former Coalition industrial relations minister Peter Reith and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey being patron of SMEboardroom. Joe Hocke,y in his ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
A coalition of international fund managers, pension funds and super funds representing more than $1.7 trillion have written to 21 major companies urging them to improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies ...

Mining royalties should go into SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... similar idea." Liberal Senator Nick Minchin, a strong critic of the recently proposed mining tax, appeared to suggest the Coalition might be more more sympathetic to the restructured mining royalty levy if it was put into a SWF rather than used to bolster ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... rejected the core tenant of Bowen's reforms being that investors should only be able to opt in to receive advice. "The Coalition believes that conflicts of interest can be minimised by full disclosure of fees charged and the ability of the investor to ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, vows to review the Financial Services Reform (FSR) should the Coalition win the next election. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) forum this month, Hockey said the FSR legislation was not implemented ...