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Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO) wants to know answers to nine questions it put to Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, on 9 March. Among the questions ACPSRO asks how many defined benefit pensioners have ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... drives industry veteran and Mercer senior partner David Knox. In the same year Kevin Rudd began his first term as Prime Minister, David Knox wrote a paper in conjunction with the Committee for Economic Development of Australia that called for the pension ...

Financial Sector Advisory Council back in action

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation chief executive Lisa Gray; and Ord Minnett executive chairman Karl Morris. Federal Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said the renewed Financial Sector Advisory Council delivers on ...

Budget delivers blow to aged care

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... million in transitional assistance and a $137m funding boost for My Aged Care website will be introduced. In a statement, minister for health, aged care and sport Sussan Ley said that the government aims to continue to deliver consumer-centred aged care ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... time frame to meet new education standards in its revised draft legislation. In a statement, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer wished to clarify that existing advisers would not be required to complete a bachelor's degree ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... existing monopolies and protected areas and we create new opportunities for everybody," Sinodinos said. He said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's innovation policy was a down payment to develop a technology ecosystem and the Tech Pioneers 50 list would ...

Govt change could spell more severe LIF bill: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... between now and when the election is called," said DeGori. "Assuming that Malcolm Turnbull retains position as Prime Minister and the government is returned then I think the bill will be reintroduced and passed through. Effectively you might find the ...

Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... announcement follows Labor's calls for a Royal Commission into the financial services industry, which both the Prime Minister and Treasurer Scott Morrison dismissed, arguing it would be preferable, in Morrison's words, to "address the issues that will ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... million Australians earning less than $37,000 face an increase in super contributions taxes of up to $500 a year. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, told Sydney radio yesterday that the government is "trying to pretend ...