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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... services industry. She was a policy adviser to Peter Costello for four years, has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics from 2013 and was an executive at National Australia Bank (NAB) in 2007. Financial Planning ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... of Business has been studying hedge funds for close to four decades and has even testified before the House of Representatives in the US. He predicts that the best hedge fund talent will move to the relatively unregulated and opaque family office sector. ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... have the potential to disrupt financial stability in the United States," Lew said in testimony to the House of Representatives financial services committee." Thank you Yahoo News. And then there's this statement from Fed Chair Janet Yellen after the ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating financial services misconduct. In a speech to the House of Representatives on March 19, Dreyfus said that the amendments were necessary due to the "significant shortcomings" of the original bill. ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... its mission for the well-being of the Australian community." Byres also recently appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, outlining APRA's current objectives. He discussed lending standards for housing, FSI recommendations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee. In equities news, Newcrest, Sims Metal Management and Automotive Holdings are expected to post half year ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Wednesday. For two, the dollar-A's already weakening. For three, recall Gov Glenns' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" last August where he told his audience, "if that really would be helpful" he would cut ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... infrastructure project development has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, receiving the endorsement of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. The committee tabled a report yesterday in which it gave ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in his address to the House of Representatives a few months ago in August. "...more of the sort of 'animal spirits' needed to support an expansion of the stock of existing ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The House of Representatives has voted in favour of the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The members of Parliament voted following a long debate where the Coalition outlined its position in favour of the ...