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Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas has said Australia's financial system could benefit from "substantial reassessment." Speaking to Financial Standard, Thomas, now chair of Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower ...

Turnbull highlights ASIC resources boost in Parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... issues that will enable ASIC to be able to even better deal with the issues that come up in the banking and the financial system."

Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... already have in place." "We have the most stringent financial advice rules in the world, we have a very robust financial system. It's not perfect, but let's spend the money making sure that we're using the rules that are in place. It's not the rules ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... financial institutions is to implement pro-competitive reforms that "level the playing field" for smaller banks. "The Financial System Inquiry issued a pro-competitive blueprint in 2014 but there is a lack of urgency about implementing the reforms," ...

Pre-retirees understand super's objective

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... confident their super savings will last or be adequate for retirement. The federal government has accepted the Financial System Inquiry's recommendation that the objective of superannuation is to provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
An association for corporate superannuation advisory businesses has labeled the Financial System Inquiry's definition of super's objective as impersonal and believes it should be more meaningful to working Australians. Workplace Super Specialists Australia ...

Federal Government told to stop 'tinkering' with superannuation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... and purpose of superannuation. "Defining super and enshrining it in law was an important recommendation of the Financial System Inquiry and will serve as a yardstick against which all future decisions impacting on our retirement system can be measured" ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... fintech reforms, especially around crowd-funding, in a bid to rapidly expand a sector which is "transforming our financial system." Releasing the government's fintech statement yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said potential reforms included: allowing ...

PC releases Efficiency and Competition Review issues paper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... review was commissioned by Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier this year as part of the government's response to the Financial System Inquiry. In the paper, the PC has outlined that its main concerns with the superannuation system are not so much flawed ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... proposes to enshrine in legislation. The words the government is proposing are the same as those recommended by the Financial System Inquiry: 'To provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension'. In the paper, they explain that ...