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Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
"Talk to the hand"! With these words, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoiled my weekend. Not because I have money on Greece - I haven't got enough to buy a small bottle of booze - but more because Alexis proved wrong my musings that after all is ...

Frydenberg to decide on advice standards in June

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is expected to release a final document outlining the measures to improve professional standards for financial advisers at the end of June. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operating officer Phil ...

Experts urge govt to do more to boost infra investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Governments should take advantage of low interest rates to finance productive infrastructure and 'de-risk' greenfield projects to make them more attractive to private investors. That was one of the conclusions at a recent roundtable discussion hosted ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
No deal! This is the latest news on the Greek bail out talks, and onwards until the next bluff we go... until the 11th hour when ultimately Greece and its creditors suddenly become lovey-dovey once more holding hands while kicking the can down the road ...

Financial services companies owe consumers $15m compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Financial services providers owe consumers about $15 million in unpaid compensation, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The latest edition of The FOS Circular reveals that since January 1, 2010, a total of 26 financial services companies ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. ...

Government Cyber Security Strategy already out of date

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chair David Murray has called for government and other financial system stakeholders to tighten processes to counter the growing threat of cyber-crime. Recommendation 38 in the final report of the FSI said the government's ...

FSI calls for tax relief to switch out of legacy products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The government should introduce a means to allow investors in out of date products to switch to new and improved products without being whacked with capital gains tax, the Financial System Inquiry has recommended in its final report. It is estimated ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has made 44 recommendation to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. Read below the relevant recommendations for the superannuation, wealth management and funds management industries. ...