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Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... to adjust to new models againA "creates more confusion, uncertainty and cost." Last month Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos announced plans to implement the FoFA reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation. Sinodinos said that ...

Sinodinos rules out LRBA review for SMSFs

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has ruled out a full review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs), but emphasised that licensing is necessary. Speaking at the 2014 SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane today, Sinodinos said that ...

Sinodinos holds strong on FoFA regs despite legal concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos remained resolute about his plan to introduce the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) via regulations "to the extent legally possible," despite some industry opposition. Sinodinos said that the aim ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... the same tax regime as other post-retirement income products. The submission referred to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' plan to conduct a broad review into the regulation of retirement income which he announced in December last year. As yet he ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... universally resisted the move towards full transparency of portfolio holdings. In submissions to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' discussion paper, 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation ...

Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... roadshow today. Bowen made the comments on ABC's Lateline program last night, in line with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, who recently told Financial Standard that another collapse like Storm could not be ruled out. "My dilemma on that is if I ...

PROFILE: Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
A career in the public and private sector has set the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos in good stead for his challenge to change the financial services sector. Alice Uribe reports. By his own admission, politics was not always on the cards for Senator ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we sit down with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to discuss his career to date and find out what he hopes to achieve in office. In particular, Senator Sinodinos reflects on the thinking behind the proposed ...

Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... scheme for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In response to a statement made by the Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery said: "the guiding philosophy underpinning self-managed super is that trustees/members ...

ASFA calls for clarity on retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... annuities (DLAs). In December last year, the minister responsible for financial services and superannuation, Arthur Sinodinos, said the government would carry out a broad review of the "regulatory arrangements for retirement income streams." He said ...