Josh Frydenberg

Life/Risk

Insurance inside super exempt from Govt deferred sales model

Life insurance and group insurance inside superannuation will be exempt from the Government’s deferred sales model. ...

Policy & Regulation

The corporate regulator and the Reserve Bank will have more power to intervene to manage a crisis and preemptively identify and manage risks in financial market infrastru...

Policy & Regulation

Treasurer’s office insists ASIC will have more, not less staff

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s office is arguing that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has not missed out on staffing resources in the Budget. ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC's Shipton confirms retaining top legal team

The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has temporarily returned to his role heading up the regulator but only after retaining the services o...

People & Products

APRA appoints new board member to oversee super

Margaret Cole will oversee APRA’s superannuation activities, while deputy chair, Helen Rowell, will now be responsible for general, life and private health insurance....

Financial planning

Eagle or vulture? ASIC levy invoices are landing on advisers

Financial advisers may be unhappy with the increased Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy but their invoices are arriving nonetheless. ...

Superannuation

Frydenberg throws further doubt on SG increases

The Federal Government has again placed doubt on future rises in the superannuation guarantee with the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg saying he and the Prime Minister are con...

Superannuation

Govt uses super legislation to impose portfolio holdings changes

While much attention was focused on other elements of its Your Future Your Super legislation, the Government has moved at the same time to impose key obligations with res...

Features

InFocus: Is it time to impose external oversight on ASIC?

Mike Taylor writes that in the aftermath of the Thom Review into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the Government has the opportunity to impose externa...

Policy & Regulation

Did Shipton get the benefit of the doubt?

The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, made his decision on Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton’s future based on Treasury legal advice on w...

Financial planning

Frydenberg urged to make decision over ASIC chair

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been criticised for ‘stalling’ over the tenure of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton following an expe...

Superannuation

Govt’s super approach would force many to work into their 70s

At the same time as the Government is due to release the report of the Retirement Income Review the trade union movement has released its own report claiming that failing...

Policy & Regulation

Frydenberg’s tough message to regulators – you have enough powers

The Federal Treasurer has sent a tough message to the financial services regulators that they have enough powers and that they are there to deliver on Government policy, ...

Policy & Regulation

Govt introduces legislation for RC recommendations

It addresses 20 recommendations that came from the Royal Commission, including anti-hawking provisions and strengthening the enforcement of breaches of financial services...