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FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... distinguish personal financial advice from marketing material or product sales," the FPA said in its submission to the Murray inquiry. The organisation argued that financial product advice or general advice "if it is to be called advice, should always ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... managed in the best interests of their members," the submission said. In its 249-page submission, the RBA also urged the Murray inquiry to cut the cost of superannuation. It said that currently the operating costs of Australia's superannuation funds ...

ICAA questions AFSL system, calls for individual licensing

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... financial advice for consumers. In its submission to the Financial Services Inquiry (FSI) on the terms of reference of theA Murray review, the accountancy body said that it would be valuable to review whether the delivery of "sound financial advice" ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... legislation so employers can select any MySuper product as the default fund for their employees. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, CBA said that "the process to select default superannuation funds within employment awards is unnecessary." Under ...

Murray inquiry initial submissions due today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Industry stakeholders have lodged their initial submissions to the terms of reference of the Financial Systems Inquiry, which closed today. The submissions will be published by the inquiry website in the coming days, but some organisations chose to ...

Murray inquiry should simplify investment tax structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... to encourage foreign investment, Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten said. The law firm will send a submission to the Murray inquiry that will stress the need to "ask fundamental questions in our approach to funds management." Batten argued that Australia's ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Murray inquiry must review the role of the financial regulators to ensure that they remain within their remit of regulation enforcement, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has said. Speaking at the launch of the FSC/Deloitte ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... a small proportion of that to date. According to Brogden, initiatives like the South Korea Free Trade Agreement and the Murray Review will help deliver outcomes that facilitate Australian financial services exports to Asia and an export-oriented and ...

Van Eyk expands research team

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... joining the company in late 2013, adding three analysts to its manager research team that services financial advisers. Murray Asken has joined van Eyk from UK-based fund manager Broadstone Pensions & Investments, where he advised institutional, wholesale ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... world does not have access to an asset that is a cornerstone of many allocations around the globe," the analysts said. "The Murray Financial System review will no doubt look at the impediments to the development of the credit market in Australia."