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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos was forced to step aside due to his involvement in an ICAC investigation. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann took over, sought more consultation and took FoFA through yet another Senate inquiry. In June, the Senate Economics ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the government had until 30 June 2015 to pursue its controversial financial advice reforms. ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... The disallowance of the government regulations means Labor's FOFA laws will remain in force. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann was unimpressed, describing the hijacking of Senate proceedings on Wednesday and a Labor disallowance motion as "incredibly ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... improving the quality of advice for consumers." During the morning session in the Senate, Finance Minister and Senator Mathias Cormann asked the opposition to take more time to consider the issue and said that "there is a more sensible way to go about ...

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... Ocean Road- will be greeted at their arrival by the financial planning community and by guest of honour, Senator Mathias Cormann. Cyclists will complete a seven-day journey from November 13 to 19 by riding into the welcome event of the Financial Planning ...

Government clarifies adviser register funding

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... lodgement fee with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). A spokesperson for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told Financial Standard that the current lodgement fee of $38 will increase to $44 and that the $24 fee to update and ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... restored to the ministry. The department later corrected the name to Finance Minister and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann. "Treasury apologises to all its stakeholders for this error and the confusion it may have caused," acting Treasury secretary ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister for Finance and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann said: "the register will cost about $5 million to set up and will be funded by increasing the current ASIC lodgement fee ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) National Congress 2014 in Adelaide. In equities news, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Medibank Private managing director George Savvides will announce details of Medibank Private prospectus. And, Slater ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... crossbench Senators to pass the FoFA amendments through legislation before the end of the year. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann argued that the changes to FoFA provide "high quality financial advice by removing unnecessary and costly red tape, while ...