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Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... will be under more pressure to provide it." The survey results come as the Federal Government's Financial System Inquiry (FSI) considers changes to better position and broadly improve Australia's financial system. "We need a banking system where consumers ...

ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to grant it a more flexible regulatory toolkit and increase its scope to address market problems. Giving a speech at the Corporate Governance ...

Murray shuns FoFA commissions' debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray has avoided weighing in on the debate about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments and the possibility that they could bring back commissions in advice. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... regulator of financial advice, may provide further impetus to bring this forward." The AFA expects the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to provide further opinion on the appropriateness of self-regulation.

FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Technology change and the challenges it represents to businesses is one of the main items that the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) will be looking at over the next weeks. "Technology is a key theme," FSI chair David Murray said during a speech to the ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... rating products are one of the reasons behind the failure of some funds. In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the AIOFP said that the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation has not addressed "the core reasons" why some funds ...

First transaction takes place on ASX mFund service

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... hosted at Exchange Square in Sydney by ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper, with guest speaker Financial Service Council (FSI) chief executive John Brogden. mFund is an electronic processing service that allows investors to use an ASX broker to buy ...

David Murray gives first insight into FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray said that the committee will focus on ageing, technology and innovation as drivers of change and at how these affect regulation, competition and consumer outcomes. Murray said that the committee ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... bodies have all been called into question in the recently released first-round submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Also known as the Murray Inquiry it is the first look into the country's financial services industry in 16 years and has ...

Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... conducted in partnership with GfK and was presented as part of the organisation's submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The research featured a survey of about 1,000 adult Australians about attitudes towards current and future behaviour in ...