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Jones instigates CSLR review, levy hits $70m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... for financial advice in this country." This will be determined by the relevant minister at the time. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones this morning announced that the Albanese government is directing Treasury to undertake a comprehensive review of the ...

Civitas appoints new business partner

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... compliance, strategic business expansion, and client relationships, Civitas said in a statement. Civitas managing director Mark Stephen said optimising operational efficiencies is crucial for AFSL businesses, and financial planners often struggle to ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Labor frontbencher, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones is retiring from politics and will not contest the upcoming federal election. Jones spent 15 years as the member for Whitlam - covering Illawarra and the Southern ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller is predicting the RBA will deliver an interest rate cut in February. If it does occur, it will be the RBA's first rate cut since November 2020, and the first change in the official cash rate since November 2023. ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... backed by demographics, global supply chain diversification, and fiscal maturity," he said. GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller explained that while equity investors have had a good run through 2024, maintaining the momentum will require "supportive ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... strategic asset allocation has major structural problems. Interestingly, NZ Super's former chief investment officer, Stephen Gilmore, now investment chief at CalPERS, spent nine years at the Future Fund before joining New Zealand Super. Brake is ...

Invest Blue expands offering with new acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... values-driven advice. Lambert Group is the ideal fit, culturally and strategically," Invest Blue managing director David Stephen said. "Ron and his team bring an incredible 50+ years of expertise and a shared understanding of what makes a business successful ...

Treasury reappoints 24 members to FSCP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... available to the FSCP, to help ensure that key sectors of our economy are regulated effectively," Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Act 2021 established the FSCP within ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said the purpose of Tranche 2 of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO)- which was previewed earlier this week - is to allow super funds to provide basic financial advice, not to see a repeat of issues raised during ...