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FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... independent directors, but there's not necessarily a quota," Watson said. This week the Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann reaffirmed the Coalition's policy to legislate that independent advisers must comprise one ...

SPAA gives support to Council of Super Custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) in supporting the creation of the Charter Group. The Shadow Minister for Financial Services Mathias Cormann, however, condemned the move, saying there was no need for more government interference in the superannuation ...

No need for more super bureaucracy: Cormann

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... There was no need for more bureaucracy to protect Australian's superannuation savings, shadow minister for Financial Services Mathias Cormann has said in response to the government's announcement of a superannuation charter. Cormann was also critical ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said the the government's reaction to the reports was "very disappointing." Cormann accused ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... initiated after acknowledgement the current system needed more transparency and competition. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann yesterday accused the minister of 'gazumping' the process, saying he was pre-empting ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... statement yesterday a spokesperson for Mathias Cormann, shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services and superannuation claimed that a scale test helped "union dominated" industry super funds maintain their market share, creating ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, came out swinging yesterday, accusing the Federal government of implementing "chaotic and unpredictable" regulations. Cormann swore a "blood oath ...

Cormann criticises trust reform delay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Shadow Minister for Financial Services Mathias Cormann has criticised an additional delay on promised tax reform for managed investment trusts. In a statement issued this morning following news Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury would announce the delay ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Parliament just 10 days before its proposed start date," said Senator Mathias Cormann, Shadow Minister for Financial Services. "The important regulations that underpin the FOFA legislation have yet to be finalised." Regulations and ASIC guidance on how ...

PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... to act more rapidly and decisively than they have acted in the past," Cormann said. The Shadow Minister for Financial Services also called on the government to appropriately resource ASIC to allow a proper investigation of the various offshore companies ...