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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... collection. O'Dwyer will be the industry's main point of contact to deal with policy issues such as the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into advice, ethical and education standards and the proposed ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... power to put downward pressure on fees and increase the quality of superannuation products." He notes the Financial System Inquiry found that between 2004 and 2013, average fees only fell by 20 basis points whereas the size of the average fund increased ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... sees the leadership change as an opportunity for the government to finally issue its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) report and other policy issues that have remained shelved for months. A number of industry representatives expressed their ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... announce a package to allow new retirement product development in line with recommendations from the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Fitzpatrick said ASIC has had an increasing role in promoting financial literacy to ensure consumers are confident in ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... ASIC would only ban products in "extreme circumstances" if its regulatory powers were expanded as per Financial System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference in ...

MyPension product to solve retirement income hurdle

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... and superannuation expert Jeremy Cooper said. Cooper said that this issue has been identified by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and he flagged the need for the industry to develop a "comprehensive income product for retirement." He explained that ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... allow new retirement product development. He expects this will be in line with recommendations from the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Our super system is still decades away from full maturity. Most Australians still retire with relatively small balances ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... system is doing its job, a newly published white paper from the Actuaries Institute has concluded, but Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray argues it must be removed from political intervention. The new paper, 'For Richer or Poorer', analyses ...

Industry funds attack banks on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... efficiency and better services for members," he said. FSC chief executive Sally Loane previously said the "Financial System Inquiry found that in the last decade average fees have fallen by 20 basis points while the size of the average fund has grown ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... needs improvement. ASFA believes the super system is already meeting its objectives as determined by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) but long-term success would entail meeting several benchmarks by 2050. The benchmarks include having less than 20% ...