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Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Peter Anderson being a former senior adviser to former Coalition industrial relations minister Peter Reith and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey being patron of SMEboardroom. Joe Hocke,y in his speech to the National Press Club this week, stated the Coalition ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, vows to review the Financial Services Reform (FSR) should the Coalition win the next election. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) forum this month, Hockey said the FSR legislation was not implemented ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... commissions, the Committee didn't need to as fiduciary responsibility is highly likely - as highlighted by Joe Hockey shadow treasurer in his speech to the FPA conference last week - to be incompatible with such remuneration models. The implications ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, said the Liberal Party does not agree with banning commissions, arguing that mandating planners to have a fiduciary obligation towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Government is creating an "800-pound gorilla" in the market that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has called on new shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to drop the Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition ...

Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... superannuation is not something that sits easily with the Liberal Party's philosophy of freedom of choice, said Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Sydney luncheon, Turnbull said, "The Liberal ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... proposed policies on super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be watching the Government ...

Life insurance tax should be abolished: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... which represents members with $1.3 trillion in assets, threw its support behind a bill proposed by Queensland's shadow treasurer Bruce Flegg to abolish stamp duty on life insurance products. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said this was the first ...