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Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... comply with a new regulatory regime which hasn't even been legislated yet with less than two weeks notice," shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said. Cormann matched the industry's demands and asked for the Government ...

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

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... there's a need for 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 ...

SPAA gives support to Council of Super Custodians

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... Australian Institute 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 ...

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
... to the reports by 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." ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... to minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten's "union mates," said Mathias Cormann, shadow minister for superannuation. Rather than a genuine attempt to encourage diversity, it favours union dominated industry super funds, Cormann ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... despite being 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 ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... as important. In a 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 ...

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 ...