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Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen slammed the Turnbull Government's decision to proceed with its nomination for ASIC's next chair. Bowen said Labor "makes it very clear" it will not support the appointment of Credit Suisse chair and former CBA general counsel ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... reforms and remediation the industry has already undertaken, the Financial Services Council said. In responding to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen's push for a Royal Commission scrutinising all elements of the financial services industry, FSC chief executive ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... proposed banking Royal Commission will extend to all elements of financial services should it be elected to office, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told the FSC Leaders Summit. Bowen made it clear the proposed banking Royal Commission - also known as the ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... government, this measure will ensure that the 2016-17 Superannuation Reform Package "operates as intended." Last month, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen called for banning of all direct borrowing by SMSFs to "cool an overheated housing market." The LRBA ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and Financial Services Minister Katy Gallagher said in a joint statement the Turnbull government ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... expanded housing affordability policy unveiled by the Federal Opposition today. Speaking to media this morning, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the policy will target a $24 billion borrowing "explosion" by SMSFs which has contributed to an overheated ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... subsidies that fuel investment in existing property rather than new buildings. In a statement released yesterday, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen echoed the industry's calls adding that the government's plan was to let "a thousand stupid thought bubbles ...

House passes professional standards bill

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... January 2019, following successful passage through the Senate. Labor's last minute amendment Prior to passing the House, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh called on the government to apologise to victims of bad financial practice following their ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes a reintroduction of the super fund governance bill does not pass the commonsense test. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super ...

Labor blindsides super legislation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... overwhelmingly benefits high-income earners, opens new tax loopholes, and fails to deliver substantial budget repair," Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said. "The current superannuation system delivers half of all tax concessions to the top 20% of income ...