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Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said government reforms will bolster consumer protections. "We will establish ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... to improve access to financial advice through the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposals. In a letter to assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the JAWG said the government's response to the QAR should prioritise the ...

ACCC blitzes social media influencers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... online markets in today's economy, she added. The ACCC's crackdown on social media influencers is supported by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, who emphasised the importance of protecting consumers from false claims ...

Government to close child sex abuser loophole in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... offenders' superannuation accounts, giving transparency to victims of their assets. In an interview with Sky News, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said: "We want to ensure that convicted child sex offenders cannot ...

Religious carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... invest members savings according to the best financial interest duty. Earlier this week, a spokesperson for assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard : "We remain committed to providing Australians ...

Code of Ethics must be fixed: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... sure we would all like to see the Code of Ethics Version 2 designed and delivered in 2023." In August the assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced the government would review the Code of Ethics next year. Anderson ...

Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has doubled down on overhauling transparency requirements so members can access clearer, more meaningful, and more consistent information about their fund. "Decades of scattergun ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Concessional tax arrangements for high balance super funds will be reviewed by the government. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones spoke at the Australian Financial Review Super & Wealth Summit, saying the taxation ...

Jones progresses green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones committed to working with the finance industry to establish national standards for a green taxonomy that will define sustainable finance in Australia. Jones stopped short of committing to legislating the forthcoming ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... we've been advocating," Knox said. Another adjustment would be to look at the retirement system as a whole. "[Assistant treasurer and financial services] minister Jones has said he wants to look at the objectives of superannuation, my point is that ...