SENATOR MATHIAS CORMANN

Funds management

Newly appointed Federal Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has backed governance improvements for superannuation funds, including more independent directors....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry was simply outcampaigned on FOFA and must now look to play a longer and more strategic game....

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Editorial

The retirement of Matthew Rowe after two terms as chairman of the FPA represents the closing of a chapter in the organisation’s continuing evolution. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, declares the Government is still working to agree more “non-contentious” FOFA refinements....

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Superannuation

The Government is intent on proceeding with changes to superannaution fund governance to bring them into line with publicly-listed companies....

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Financial planning

Both educational qualifications and professional association membership will be later additions to the Government’s financial planner register....

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Financial planning

Australian Labor Party Senator Deborah O’Neill is being urged to stop using the victims of the Trio Financial fraud as a “political football”....

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Policy & Regulation

Labor will support Govt FOFA changes on grandfathering and other key elements....

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Financial planning

New research has revealed planning profits were being eroded by FOFA well before the Senate’s disallowance of the Government’s changes....

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Financial planning

Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann says the Government remains committed to its FOFA changes....

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Life/Risk

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

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Financial planning

The Government has rejected a Royal Commission into Commonwealth FP claiming the bank’s Open Advice Review Program should be allowed to work....

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Policy & Regulation

Plans to disallow significant portions of the Government’s FOFA reforms have been blocked by the Senate....

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Financial planning

ASIC has the power to move to lift planner education standards, according to Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann....

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Policy & Regulation

Increased Government regulation of the financial services sector will not improve the public’s view of the industry, the Minister for Finance and acting Deputy Treasurer,...

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