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Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
The Labor Party's proposed dividend imputation reforms has received backlash from numerous industry heavyweights believing it will have unintended and negative implications on retirees. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen proposed to eliminate the cash rebate ...

Government caves to banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... of other inquiries be considered including the 44 recommendations made in the Financial System Inquiry in 2014. The Labor Party has been a strong supporter for a banking Royal Commission, with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen making it clear it should extend ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... by landslide (Abenomics lives on); and closer to home, New Zealand's election stalemate ended with the opposition Labor Party forming a coalition government with New Zealand First (expected to lead to a change in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's conduct ...

Government names new ASIC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... John O'Sullivan. Reiterating his position that this would have been an "inappropriate appointment," Bowen said "the Labor Party and I did not make this decision lightly. We've given bipartisan support to appointments consistently. Even when, maybe, that ...

Successful advisers integrate estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... estate planning - what might be right for one client is not necessarily correct for another, Hacker said. With the Labor Party recently proposing it is cracking down discretionary trust tax loopholes, Hacker said this has small business owners concerned. ...

Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... Chris Bowen slammed the Turnbull Government's decision to proceed with its nomination for ASIC's next chair. Bowen said Labor "makes it very clear" it will not support the appointment of Credit Suisse chair and former CBA general counsel John O'Sullivan. ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... managers, to publish details of executive remuneration. Formally amending the rules surrounding executive remuneration, Labor will aim to ensure that Government Business Enterprises and significant Commonwealth entities, including the Future Fund, release ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
The ambit of the Labor Party's proposed banking Royal Commission will extend to all elements of financial services should it be elected to office, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told the FSC Leaders Summit. Bowen made it clear the proposed banking Royal ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill, which successfully passed the Senate with the backing of Labor, One Nation, the Nick Xenophon Team, and Senators Lambie, Hinch and Williams, was later defeated in the House of Representatives ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... mean that superannuation funds won't play a part in promoting the scheme to their members. "One of the reasons the Labor Party's First Home Saver Account failed was that it was complicated and the banks never really promoted the special accounts that ...