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PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... of the system and review how default funds are selected. A statement jointly released by Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said: "We have tasked the Productivity Commission (PC) to develop criteria to assess the efficiency ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

AMP names directors to lead revamped SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... chief innovation officer of AMP; Stuart Forsyth, director and consultant for McPherson Super Consulting and former ATO assistant deputy tax commissioner for superannuation and chief customer officer for AMP, Paul Sainsbury. A new leadership team of nine ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... residents in both countries. Federal Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, and Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the government is committed to making sure people who live and work in more than one country ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... access to their super is many decades away," the submission said. Speaking at press conference in Hobart yesterday, Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer rejected the idea that super fund choice is a bad idea. "Your superannuation is your money. The government ...

SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... SMSFs under LRBAs as a proportion of total SMSF assets remained relatively low in 2013-14 at approximately 2.7%," ATO assistant commissioner Kasey Macfarlane said. As at the September 2015 quarter, SMSF assets held under LRBAs are estimated at approximately ...

ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... a maximum level of upfront and ongoing commission payments on life insurance products. Draft legislation released by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer last month also proposes ASIC will have the power to set the amount of upfront commissions to be repaid ...

Former FPA chair joins Tax Practitioners Board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... Ian Taylor, which Rantall said "will provide continuity to the work of the TPB." Federal Small Business Minister and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer announced the TPB board appointments yesterday. New board members beginning on 22 January 2016, are ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... also proposing using consolidated MySuper data to compare a superannuation investment option's fees, returns and risk. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer released draft legislation and a consultation paper today that asks for the super industry's views ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... announced in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Innovation Statement was also aimed at early stage angel investment. Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy said Blue Sky's fund was a welcome addition to the innovation landscape. "It's great to see ...