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Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Senate will start an inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime, following calls from regulators and Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray to strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Properly calibrating the superannuation system is the most important policy change from the Murray review of the financial system. Super could be sharper, leaner and easier to understand. That's why the Murray proposals to define the objective of superannuation ...

ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... six key trends benefitting mutuals including: a more competitive position due to the impact of changes from the Financial System Inquiry (FSI); constraints on lending growth across the banking sector requiring consumers and investors to look at alternatives ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... can take advantage of future retirement income developments. Yesterday the government said it will support the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) recommendation that calls for super trustees to select Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... portion of the population currently unadvised, a sector rebuilding trust and no let-up in the complexity of our financial system, robo-advice offerings have the potential to make financial advice more accessible to more people and provide increased consistency ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... or "high dollar price tags," there is room to move for SMSF investment. "As we said in our submission to the Financial System Inquiry, options include offering unitised investments in smaller parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... circumstances, financial promises made by institutions we supervise are met within a stable, efficient and competitive financial system." "We also act as the national statistical agency for the Australian financial sector and play a role in preserving ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Martin Currie said Lonsec's report is timely in that it coincides with the federal government response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), which highlights the need to develop new income stream products to better protect retirees from longevity and ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... president Estelle Pearson said the paper underlines the significance of the Australian government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), particularly its commitment to enshrining the objective of the superannuation system in legislation and ...

Industry funds ink CIPR annuities deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... General Meeting (AGM) and comes well before any federal government legislation enacting CIPRs - an outcome of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Local Government Super, CareSuper and legalsuper have all agreed to have their CIPRs backed by Challenger ...