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New Super Complaints Tribunal chair named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... continue to ensure that the Tribunal fulfils its mediation and settlement role in the important area of superannuation," Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a statement. Davis currently runs her own superannuation consultancy firm which she established ...

Industry, government respond to Trowbridge report

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... recommendations in John Trowbridge's Review of Retail Life Insurance Advice. The Treasury was broadly supportive, with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg commenting that the report "makes a significant and constructive contribution to improving the ...

Treasury starts consultation for higher advice standards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Australia, helping consumers to plan for their retirement, and to manage the financial risks and opportunities of life," Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. The consultation paper is based on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... member John Williams is down to speak at an Australian Business Economists lunch in Sydney and Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Malcolm Edey is slated to take part in a panel discussion at ASIC annual forum, also in Sydney. In equities news ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... policies could be inactive for three years before being transferred to the government as unclaimed monies. According to Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's statement, this resulted in "real financial distress for many Australians, including older Australians ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... products. This is the first time an ABS officer has been convicted of unauthorised disclosure of statistics. According to Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's statement, the conviction "sends a clear message about the importance and emphasis that our ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor for financial markets Guy Debelle is slated to deliver a speech at the KangaNews DCM Summit. The Australian Bureau ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... transparency appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a busy environment for the Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg who has inherited five significant policy processes. There will be a broad based tax review - ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... punitive tax rates on excess non-concessional contributions made to superannuation funds has passed through the Senate. Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No.7) Bill will make the "taxation ...

ECT reforms pass Senate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... it's only taken eight years," said Meg Heffron, head of customer at Heffron SMSF Solutions, in a tweet shortly after Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that the legislation change had been passed by the Senate.