Kelly O'Dwyer

Policy & Regulation

In the midst of a Productivity Commission inquiry into competition in financial services, the Government has proposed measures to make the Australian Securities and Inves...

Policy & Regulation

Gov jumps ahead on second ASIC deputy chair

The Government has announced its candidate for a second deputy chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on the same day it introduced a bill to creat...

Funds management

Asia Region Funds Passport bill introduced

The Corporations Amendment (Asian Region Funds Passport) Bill has been introduced, edging fund managers one step closer to accessing Asia’s middle class and high net wort...

Superannuation

O’Dwyer promises super access for violent crime victims

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, has announced that the Government will make legislative changes to grant victims of serious crimes access to p...

Financial planning

O’Dwyer again blames bad advice for FASEA creation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has again attributed the Government’s establishment of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority...

Financial planning

Bad advice created FASEA says O’Dwyer

Repeated instances of bad advice made it necessary for the Government to create the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime, according to the Minister for...

Policy & Regulation

Govt attacks ALP’s imputation move

The Minster for Revenue and Financial Services claims 40 per cent of SMSFs will be hit by the Federal Opposition’s proposed changes to dividend imputation....

Policy & Regulation

O’Dwyer points to RC review of ASIC and APRA

The Royal Commission into the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry will be examining the effectiveness and ability of the financial services regulators...

Financial planning

AFCA open for business by 1 November

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, said the Australian Financial Complaints Authority would be ready to receive disputes by 1 November 2018. ...

Outsider

O’Dwyer: Studious or aspirational?

Outsider has always believed you can learn a great deal about a person by what they choose to read. So he believes he has now compartmentalised the Minister for Revenue a...

Policy & Regulation

O’Dwyer attacks ‘siphoning’ of super

Amid industry superannuation funds having received letters from the Royal Commission, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has attacked the ‘sip...

Policy & Regulation

Government cracks down on employer super obligations

The Government has introduced more draft laws aimed at reforming superannuation, this time focusing on ensuring employers meet their superannuation obligations to employe...

Funds management

ARFP Committee urges participation in pilot program

The Asia Region Funds Passport Joint Committee has called for expressions of interest for participation in a pilot program....

Financial planning

O’Dwyer gains from Cabinet reshuffle

Kelly O’Dwyer has gained new responsibilities in the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull’s latest Cabinet reshuffle....

Financial planning

O’Dwyer directly attacks industry funds advertising

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has directly attacked the advertising campaign put in place by Industry Super Australia and questioned why ...