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Claims against advice arm have no factual basis: Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... about compliance failings and bad advice within Macquarie Private Wealth. However, the Senate Economics Committee final report of ASIC inquiry flagged "systemic failings of compliance" within Macquarie Private Wealth. The report recommended "intensive ...

AIST slams Xenophon's super home loan proposal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... benefits of compounding interest and portfolio diversification." Garcia urged the Financial System Inquiry in its final report to call for bipartisan support to enshrine the key objectives of superannuation. "Even when the superannuation contribution ...

CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... expressed by the Senate Economics Committee over past programs headed by CBA and overviewed by the regulator. The final report said: "As the committee gathered more and more evidence, lingering doubts about the robustness and fairness of the compensation ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... announced last week. As revealed by Financial Standard, CBA decided to raise adviser standards in the wake of the final report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry looking into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ...

FSI questions viability of franking credits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... superannuation taxation exemptions for high balance super accounts in general looks likely to come under real scrutiny in the final report. The interim report showed a graph demonstrating that almost 40% of super tax exemptions went to the top income ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... strengthening regulatory powers and investing more in pre-planning and pre-positioning for financial failure. The inquiry's final report and recommendations will be released in November.

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the process of being implemented overseas. We want to get some views on what works and what doesn't to inform the final report. We will also have further discussions with our International Advisory Panel. When we return, we will also hold public forums ...

Macquarie rebukes advice, compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... further questions the Committee may have. Macquarie was not called to give evidence at the Committee's hearings." The final report by the Committee recommended that ASIC undertakes "intensive surveillance of other financial advice businesses that have ...

ASIC changes depend on the government: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Medcraft said. Medcraft spoke at a media conference the day after the Senate Economics Committee made public the final report after it spent a year conducting an inquiry into the regulator's performance. "Our job is to do our best with the resources ...

CBA apologies again, refutes reckless culture accusations

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... that its sales-based culture was "reckless." The bank has issued a statement, following yesterday's release of the final report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) ...