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Ernst & Young appoints Nick Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Former Rudd-government Minister for Superannuation and former senator Nick Sherry will join Ernst & Young's superannuation practice in the capacity of senior advisor. Working with Ernst & Young's national superannuation leader Maree Pallisco, Sherry ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... the new industrial regulatory structure under Fair Work Australia (FWA). Political pressure from opposition spokesperson Senator Mathias Cormann that the review be more wide reaching than initially intended gave the inquiry a tougher edge, however, particularly ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... FOFA process that this legislation is being rushed through Parliament just 10 days before its proposed start date," said Senator Mathias Cormann, Shadow Minister for Financial Services. "The important regulations that underpin the FOFA legislation have ...

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Shadow spokesperson for superannuation, Senator Mathias Cormann, has released a wishlist for what he believes is needed to fix falling confidence in superannuation and the list looks very much like a superannuation policy manifesto for the 2013 federal ...

Coalition clears up FOFA questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... FOFA would look like under a coalition government. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers Budget reply lunch, Senator Mathias Cormann said the 16 recommendations that coalition members made on the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... identify the fraud or act rapidly enough to shut it down and protect investors. Commenting on the findings, opposition senator Mathias Cormann said both regulatory bodies such as ASIC and APRA and criminal authorities such as the Australian Federal Police ...

Industry rejects changes to super tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... would undo decades of work to encourage self-funded retirement. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Senator Mathias Cormann called the proposed changes a "tax grab," saying the move was indicative of short termism, asking Australians ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... marginal tax rates. The federal opposition appears to have been blindsided by the move as while shadow assistant treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann issued a statement this morning decrying any possible dampening of superannuation tax breaks, shadow communications ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... report was released Labor has yet to finalise the legislation that would make this vision a reality," said opposition senator Matthias Cormann in a statement. "This new investment would help grow the value of funds under management in Australia and increase ...

PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in the cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. Other committee members include deputy chair Senator Sue Joyce, Senators Mathias Cormann, Nick Sherry and Matt Thistlewhaite, along with MPs Paul Fletcher, Alan Griffin ...