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Boost impact investing, says FSI

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... investors to pursue opportunities that provide both social and financial returns thereby benefitting government and taxpayers. "It can change the role of Government from paying for inputs to paying for outcomes. It can also benefit not-for-profits by ...

Murray calls for end to LRBAs

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... the superannuation system has delivered to individuals, the financial system and the economy, and limit the risks to taxpayers." In February then Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos ruled out a full review into limited recourse borrowing arrangements ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... retirement, which reinforces the FSI's concerns that the system is still too reliant on subsidies funded by working taxpayers - note that while Murray had views on superannuation's tax subsidy structures he also emphasised that the FSI was a policy review ...

Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... than ever. While everyone benefits from a well-capitalised, well managed banking system - consumers, shareholders and taxpayers - there is a real cost to the economy of ever more restrictive regulation and policy settings. It is not in Australia's interest ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... bodies representing the retail and industry sides of superannuation is detrimental to members' interests, according to Taxpayers Australia. The not-for-profit advocacy group said the battle "would be amusing if the consequences weren't so great" and ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... global banks to draw on in the event of failure," the Treasurer said, and added that "this is aimed at further protecting taxpayers if a large global bank were to run into difficulty." The final communiquA(C) of the G20 meeting acknowledged that, compared ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... abolished. It is poorly designed, anti-competitive, conflicted and costly. It will cost superannuation fund members, taxpayers and employers a staggering $400 million if it proceeds." Harcourt's alleged pro-Labor bias was corroborated by FWC president ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... are "too big to fail". "It is not possible to rule out the risk of failure nor is it possible to rule out the use of taxpayers funds in extreme circumstances," Mr Murray said. But the report does not agree in providing a government guarantee to all banks ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... a case for Government and regulators to do more to reduce resultant disruption and the size of the potential call on taxpayers. Options for change include higher regulatory capital requirements to further reduce the risk of failure; pre-positioning arrangements ...