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Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... 100% is clawed back in the first year and 60% in the second year. Commenting on the passing of the bill, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said: "High upfront commissions have been identified as a significant cause of poor quality ...

Professional Standards legislation hits parliament

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer has introduced legislation to mandate professional standards for financial advisers. The Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) Bill 2016 includes compulsory education ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... parliament yesterday. However Labor "will take our proposed changes to the next election as policy." O'Dwyer, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, used an example from the Trade Union Royal Commission to highlight her governance point. "The ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... resonate politically but there's a constant battle between government thinking. He expressed disappointment in Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's attack on super fund governance in Fairfax Media today. She suggests reintroducing ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer stressed the importance of "balancing the offering of insurance inside superannuation" in her speech at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. She noted ...

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... the open market and that it should better-deliver on the needs of younger members. Her comments followed Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer's keynote at the conference where she said: "It is critically important that Australians ...

Labor blindsides super legislation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... Labor's attempts to blindside the occasion. The legislation stems from this year's Budget announcements and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said there are four key measures being put forward, including: Permitting the rollover ...

New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... if a foreign fund had people in Australia doing the same transaction, it wouldn't be Australian sourced. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said yesterday the "industry has indicated concern that the current withholding tax regime ...

Professional standards legislation reaches parliament

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... body as a Commonwealth company that will govern the professional standing of the financial advice industry. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, will appoint the chair and directors of the independent standards body. The cost of ...

LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... The legislation for the Life Insurance Framework will be formally introduced into parliament this week, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National ...