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CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... chairman David Turner and chief executive Ian Narev have been asked to appear in front of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, conducted by the Senate Economics Committee. In an interview on ABC Radio, the Committee's chair Sam Dastyari was asked ...

Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... brand simplification and Global Wealth performed well." Smith expressed concern about the impact of the Financial System Inquiry. "It is perhaps not widely understood that Australia's financial system has been strengthened significantly since the GFC ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... The government has issued a two-page response to the 61 recommendations put together by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in July. Regarding the Committee's proposal to ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Australia, Australian fund fees may be closer to best practice than we realise. In a submission to the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI) by the New Zealand Council of Financial Regulators (a NZ official group that includes the NZ Financial Markets Authority ...

Mercer to launch longevity insurance solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... broad choice of investment options that pay an income in retirement for the rest of their lives. "The Financial System Inquiry interim report, in July this year, called the lack of effective longevity risk management a major weakness of Australia's retirement ...

ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... options have truly been exhausted." The regulator made the demand in its submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into forestry managed investment schemes (MIS) and in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). ASIC noted that ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... growing demand, and in part a response to the emphasis on a need for more retirement income products in the Financial System Inquiry's interim report. Challenger said it expects to announce partnerships with other platforms in the coming months, which ...

FPA appoints new CRC Chair, rolls out education standards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... (CRC) and rolled out a proposed Education and Professional Standards Framework to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry. The FPA has appointed Dr June Smith as Chair of its CRC, replacing Professor Dimity Kingsford Smith who held the role from ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Phil Anderson briefed members about the association's policy agenda. In addition to FoFA, TASA and the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest report on insurance advice has put the spotlight ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Edey and head of financial stability Luci Ellis, are slated to appear before the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into affordable housing. The Reserve Bank is also expected to release its annual report. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...