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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Australia Free Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) will lead to new jobs, tax collection and economic growth. In the shrill and misleading debate of recent weeks on free trade, we have barely heard about these considerable benefits. The implementation of CHAFTA ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... of the day are more worried about hanging onto their seats than anything else and at this very moment is in the midst of debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting issue of marriage equality and royal commissioner ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... "bailing-in" creditors in the event of stress. Co-author of the study, Professor Fariborz Moshirian, said there is continued debate on whether large banks should be bailed in or bailed out in times of stress. "But reducing the probability of governments ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... he explained that deciding what to allow the market to take care of is a real philosophical problem and an intellectual debate. "It is very difficult to enforce formal rules against companies and those who work in them," Donald said, raising some key ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
David Murray, chair of the Financial System Inquiry, has stirred the debate around super board independence, saying it has deteriorated into a "set of silly suggestions." In his final FSI report, Murray recommended that super funds appoint a majority ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... custodian is all about? That was the question representatives from the custody industry tried to answer during a light-hearted debate during the lunch break on the first day of the FSC Annual Conference. Arguing that the custody industry would be unrecognisable ...

Older workers are the future

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
There is a huge opportunity for the financial services sector to seize on the opportunity posed by the country's ageing demographics story, according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. The Member for Oxley highlighted ...

Why SMSFs are attractive to Gen X and Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... members. Ward was questioned about how his business develops personal relationships in an online, social environment. "We can debate about why people join a self-managed superannuation fund, and why people want to be self-directed. It is a big conundrum. ...

Griffith, FPA launch academic advice journal

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... time for the industry, and will provide a focal point for research around financial planning that can be used to inform debate and policy, and ultimately raise standards across the industry," Griffith associate professor and discipline head of finance ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
ASIC's "facilitative approach" to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) opt-in and fee disclosure statement requirements ends today, but forward-thinking practices have nothing to worry about. The deadline was originally June 30, 2014, but it was extended ...