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Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... communication and engagement from the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Technology, Senator Jane Hume. Jane has taken an active interest and engaged heavily with professional associations including the AFA and FPA." He said ...

Super consumer body grateful for intervention

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... he said. In a statement, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume said it was vital the system worked for the benefit of members. To that end, Hume wants the voice of consumers to be heard. ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the superannuation industry over the excuses used by super funds for not merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play. Speaking on the final day of the ASFA Conference in Melbourne ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... government's reforms after Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, moved a number of amendments to the bill which passed through the House of Representatives on Monday. Hume's amendments ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... process of all three layers of Australian government. After May's Federal election, the government named Senator Jane Hume as its first minister for financial technology. ASIC is supporting development of regtech with its Innovation Hub, which offers ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... introduced the legislation to ban grandfathered commissions at the end of July. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Senator Jane Hume released a joint statement at the time saying: "To ensure that the benefits of industry renegotiating current arrangements ...

United front but no merger: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... AFA has been doing with the FPA in recent months, including the joint taskforce on life insurance and lobbying Senator Jane Hume in Canberra. Consistent with that, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori attended the conference - the first time a sitting FPA ...

Advice association merger up to members

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... audience on a day that saw Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, addressed the industry but failed to announce an extension to the FASEA deadline.

Train of legislation to hit advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... already a perception that you have to be wealthy to get advice." She advised the audience member to talk to Senator Jane Hume, who took to the stage after Bishop. Bishop also encouraged delegates to speak to their local members and spell out the ways ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... recently, the newly-minted Assistant Treasurer for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, backed Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's assertion that the Government would launch a review into the retirement income system ...