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Industry bodies back O'Dwyer reappointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
The industry has widely welcomed the reappointment of Kelly O'Dwyer into Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's refreshed cabinet. The former Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business sees her title change to Minister for Revenue and Financial ...

Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Senator John Williams said regardless of what Parliament ultimately looks like after a hotly-contested election, he will prioritise continuing the Senate Economics References Committee's life insurance industry investigation. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

Report finds fresh barriers to funds management exports

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
There has been very little progress in removing barriers preventing the export of Australian financial services seven years after the release of the Johnson report. Now a new survey of fund managers reveals the situation could even be worse than before ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
There are tough first days on the job, and then there are those where you show up to the office having been handed the most significant reform package for your industry in 20 years. That was what faced Sally Loane when she took the reins at the Financial ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's "brutally competitive" superannuation system makes it a high-risk prospect for foreign investment managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward ...

FSC releases policy priorities for next parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
The Financial Services Council has outlined its key policy priorities for the next parliament. Primarily, the FSC's statement concerns itself with outstanding issues highlighted in the Financial System Inquiry. Specifically, it emphasises the need for ...

Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The Government has announced in its 2016-17 budget that it will introduce new tax and regulatory frameworks to further facilitate foreign access to Australian funds management services. The two new collective investment vehicles (CIVs) introduced in ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
A reduction in concessional contribution caps for middle-income superannuation members would hurt Australia's budget long-term, bear an increased cost to taxpayers, and not align with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended industry regulators in the wake of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's call for a Royal Commission in to the banking and financial services sector. At a doorstop interview in Sydney yesterday, Turnbull said ...