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Inquiry asks for greater simple bond red tape reduction

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The cost of issuing corporate bonds for the retail market should be reduced further by amending the simple bond legislation to make disclosure less complicated, the Inquiry into the financial system has said in its final report. In one of its 44 recommendations ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... regulatory approaches that unnecessarily impede innovation in some areas," the report said. The inquiry also recommends a clean-up of credit card surcharge regulations, which would allow consumers using debit cards to avoid paying exorbitant surcharges ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... that, its foreign currency will go further, and living standards should rise. Cheaper oil will also help the government clean up China's filthy air by phasing out dirty vehicle fuels, such as diesel. Lighter fuels are dearer and, under current plans ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... trillion without pushing up their prices. The solution: Purchase sovereign bonds - aka QE. The Fed's success in cutting clean out of QE could be the answer Super Mario is seeking to convince frau Angela - who remains against financing governments -- ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed to higher after the ECB gave the majority of eurozone banks a clean bill of health. But China was hit by the postponement of a planned stock-trading connection between Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... in the Australian Financial Review this morning, read: "The savings of more than 10 million Australians are invested in a clean energy future - why undermine the Renewable Energy Target?" While the IGCC has a large number of high-profile investors, there ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... intensive economy, we know there are challenges in making lasting reforms on carbon pricing. "But, if our goal is an additional clean trillion of low-carbon investment each and every year, reform must continue." HESTA joined 347 other institutional investors ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... the Australian and New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), said. "For example, while current investments in clean energy alone are approximately $250 billion per year, the International Energy Agency has estimated that limiting the increase ...

SMSF closures drop 75% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The number of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that were wound up in financial year 2014 dropped by 75%, according to the latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ATO June 2014 SMSF quarterly report shows that 2,349 SMSFs were wound ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... scale opportunities of this approach to harnessing technology infrastructure, Stevens said wealth firms must simplify and clean up how their back offices operate. Spurring the different attitude of platform groups in the UK was the quick succession of ...