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Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Financial planners won't lose out on all commissions after Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten confirmed the ban on commissions will not cover property investments, pushing opportunities for planners in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) space. Property ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... people or 73 per cent of those breaching the caps made excess contributions of less than $10,000, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten's office said. The figures for 2009-10 were not immediately available. Financial adviser Liam Diggin, principal at Mentor1 ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Despite some protests on the details of the proposed FOFA reforms, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the changes, particularly the ban on 'conflicted remuneration', can only improve the planning industry's public image and encourage more Australians ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold Coast last night to give ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... has helped ensure the raising of the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said in a media release that Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) revenues would go towards building superannuation savings. ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... needs to have a taxation program in place that doesn't change every year or every other year." Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten's office said it believes most of the legislation prompted by the Cooper Review would be passed in time for the October summit. ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... useful financial guidance," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard through videolink at the launch. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the website would complement the Stronger Super package, to strengthen the superannuation system and help to maximise ...

Super cap breach stings 65,000

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... figures. In a response to a Senate question by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Corman, Federal Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten disclosed the dramatic increase in numbers during the 2009-10 financial year, when 65,733 people breached the concessional ...

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... superannuation remain, he just may have opened up a new front in superannuation's policy wars for Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten to exploit.
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