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Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... their significant experience and expertise across financial markets, corporate governance and public policy," Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a statement. Kay has worked in finance in executive and non-executive roles for about 30 years. She ...

COVID-19 spurs greater scrutiny of foreign investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that all proposed foreign investment into Australia will be subject to regulatory approval to protect national interests during the COVID-19 crisis. The temporary measures, which came into effect on Sunday ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... surplus long before the bushfire catastrophe. It's pitiful and a shame that Prime Minister Morrison and Federal Treasurer Frydenberg were forced to capitulate only at a great cost to Australian lives and property. This highlights the criticism du' ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... Grandfathered commissions to be banned Hot on the heels of the Royal Commission's final report, in early February Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg declared grandfathered commissions would be banned from 1 January 2021. Further, from the same date ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... banks not to get 'sheepish" (September 25) and "Don't force banks to curb loans" - uttered by Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (September 26). In a sentence, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

CFS slashes trail commissions on some funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... financial advice industry is inching towards a complete phase out of grandfathered commissions, backed by the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who last month introduced legislation to end them by 2021. The banking Royal Commission's final report ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... recently released Corporate Plan. One of its new priorities is to end grandfathered commissions with direction from Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. On a periodic basis, ASIC said it will undertake a quantitative review of firms that pay grandfathered ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
Aside for bragging rights, I can't understand why the current Australian government remains hell-bent on achieving that promised "Budget surplus". The current sitting Treasurer Josh Frydenberg looks set to deliver on the "promise" that has eluded ...

Board addition strengthens strategic relationship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... exceed 20% per the Financial Sectors (Shareholding) Act 1998, according to an August 14 notice signed by the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... exceed 20% per the Financial Sectors (Shareholding) Act 1998, according to an August 14 notice signed by the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. In its annual results announced August 13, Challenger said an MS&AD representative is expected to join the ...