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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... was interpreted as a sign that the troubled legislation would approved, but its bid to pass changes to FoFA through regulation (instead of legislation) brought yet another round of controversy and debate. The fact that one of the new provisions left ...

Steve Tucker and Paul Heath launch HNW business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... "The challenges facing the private wealth profession today have been well documented.A The profession can't rely on regulation to rebuild trust; the market itself needs to take responsibility for this. "As we considered the landscape of wealth advice ...

Life company profits flat

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... remained flat for life insurance companies, according to the latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). While most of the figures released in the latest statistics were old, of the new ones, Suncorp Life was ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... ways to creatively counter regulatory overreach should look to MetLife in the US that has set up a website called The Regulation Resource Centre to enlist the help of stakeholders and facilitate positive action. MetLife established the website and resource ...

Labor asks for bipartisan consensus on FSI super issues

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... said that Labor welcomes the release of the report, but noted that "it is important that key matters of the financial regulation have bipartisan support." "When it comes to recommendations that are sensible and after a proper period of consultation ...

Boost impact investing, says FSI

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... attract impact investment funds. Specifically the report called for clearer guidance from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on the appropriateness of impact investment for superannuation trustees. Murray also wants the government ...

Murray calls for ASIC to have more money and power

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should be given greater powers and more money to do its job. Those were the recommendations laid out by David Murray in his final report to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Regulators' ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... is why last week's bizarre speech by Greg Medcraft should be interpreted as his resignation letter). The graduated regulation Murray referred to is part of this but also is his not too veiled reference to "leadership." Fees are in the firing line just ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Australia's financial system since the 1997 Wallis inquiry, which led to the establishment of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. The inquiry received more than 6500 submissions since their producing an interim report in July. The government ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... 'general advice' and require advisers and mortgage brokers to disclose ownership structures. Managed investment scheme regulation: Support Government's review of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee's recommendations on managed investment ...