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SMSFs could own Kidman Station

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... initiative, started by retail investment platform DomaCom and financial adviser Stephen Burgin, was set up following Treasurer Scot Morrison's decision to block the sale of the land to a Chinese bidder. Morrison said that the sale was not "in the national ...

NZ Super appoints new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Provident Fund, and an independent director of Kiwibank, Todd Family Office, and Pathfinder Asset Management. She was Treasurer of the National Gas Corporation from 1991 to 1993 prior to moving to AMP Capital Investors (NZ) where she held a number of ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... partnership was launched at fintech hub Stone and Chalk with guests including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer, as well as Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy. Turnbull told more ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... raise standards for financial advisers in order to improve public confidence and trust in the sector," said Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer. "While these reforms will represent a substantial change to the current regulatory environment for financial ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Treasury model their long term costs and benefits." The Government is yet to formally respond but given recent comments by Treasurer Scott Morrison on how they are reviewing superannuation tax concessions, a formal response doesn't seem necessary.

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has penned a letter to Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer supporting several amendments to the superannuation trustee governance bill. ASFA has told O'Dwyer it would support the federal government ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... industry at large. He was recently part of a 10 person Financial Services Council delegation accompanying former Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to Japan and Korea to provide on the ground business support and liaison to the trade mission and promote ...

The world of ASFA according to Twitter

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... respectively. But you know your super is in good hands when enough delegates turned up for the early morning session by the Treasurer @ScottMorrisonMP, bearing in mind it was the morning after the Gala dinner. In his speech, the Treasurer said the Government ...

FoFA end marks start of new advice era

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... to a unanimous demand by the advice sector. "FoFA should now be considered settled and given time to work," Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said, shortly after the bill passed in both Parliament houses with bipartisan support. The Greens, however ...

APRA appoints deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Helen Rowell became an APRA member in 2013 after joining in 2002; prior to that, she was a partner at Towers Perrin. Treasurer Scott Morrison described her as "very well regarded by the financial services industry." APRA has also appointed former Suncorp ...