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FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... education requirements and exam. However, this hit a snag recently when the extension failed to pass after Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Financial Technology Jane Hume said during a FPA webinar that it would. The legislation ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
It was a magnificent Monday, 25 May 2020, for Japan for on this day Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared the country's state of emergency over. We salute you our Japanese brothers and sisters, for Japan has flattened its coronavirus curve despite ...

Retirement income covenant delayed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... framework, however more consultation and legislative drafting needs to take place, particularly after COVID-19, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume said. Hume pointed out the deferral of ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 3) bill is no longer required. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones questioned the government's decision to remove the exemption a week after Labor's ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Australians are more financially stressed than they were before the Prime Minister announced plans to restart the nation's economy, according to latest research. The latest wave of the Melbourne Institute's Taking the pulse of the nation survey shows ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... federal director of the National Party of Australia, as well as six years spent as the media adviser to former deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. Insurance Council president and chair Gary Dransfield said Hall would bring a wealth of corporate affairs ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... data, 72% of all payments have been made from not-for-profit funds, while the remaining 28% from retail funds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Friday last week the most recent ERS figures were significantly higher than APRA's data ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... Before long, both the government and the opposition were blaming each other for the prolonged uncertainty, with Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume admonishing Labor's decision to attach ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard that financial advisers should be disappointed with the government ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... back its recent vindictive action against Australia. For that's what it is - retaliation against Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's call for an independent investigation into the origins of the virus. China's ambassador to Australia ...