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Abetz backed FSC in case against FWC, Federal Court reveals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... were the Court's ultimate conclusion it should proceed to declare the direction to have been invalid. What there was a debate about, however, was whether the Court should also prevent the Expert Panel from further dealing with the matter at all." Nevertheless ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... will have to legislate through Parliament, which means that FoFA will likely be the subject of at least another political debate. Read industry reactions to the latest FoFA developments here Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FoFA legislation ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... compulsion to purchase longevity protection and increased use of defaults. These options will no doubt prompt a lot of debate between now and November. So let me emphasise that they are simply options - not proposals. We are flagging them now to help ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... the information. We're the big boys now, and the power shifts from those with the assets to those with the money." The debate about disclosure centres around rules to be introduced next year that will demand super funds to disclose publicly all, or at ...

Allan Gray Australian Equity Fund highly recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... earnings growth, debt levels and cash holdings. Analysts then present their investment ideas to the broader team for rigorous debate, with the team actively attempting to find flaws in every investment thesis.

Australia and New Zealand accountants launch joint brand

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... impact on small and large businesses alike." White said a core focus for the trans-Tasman organisation will be to lead debate and thinking around the public and economic policy challenges confronting us in the coming years. "We will be focused on greater ...

Banks suspected of pocketing grandfathered commissions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... investigate, through a survey of major financial institutions, the extent of 'orphan commissions' to better inform the public debate regarding the legitimacy or otherwise of the proposed extension of grandfathering provisions. "In our view it would be ...

Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Minister of Finance Mathias Cormann is ready to issue a response to the Senate Economics Committee report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. A spokesperson for the Minister confirmed to Financial Standard that "the government will announce ...

Senate FoFA conclusions expected today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... allow the government to form a final opinion on the amendments to the FoFA legislation, which have been subject to a heated debate for the past few months. After that, the government is due to present the reform of the law to the Parliament, which will ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... that I am always trying to meet." He said the anti-fee 'crusade' makes more sense in the passive versus active equities debate. Currently 13% of funds under management in AMP Capital's CIF come from SMSFs, but Lucas said this figure more than twice what ...