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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... today's release of the interim report of the Financial System Inquiry. Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system has been central to the work of our Inquiry. If we had been asked to review Australia's financial system in 2007, before the ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... follows AVCAL's submission to the Financial System Inquiry which is investigating how capital within the Australian financial system can be unlocked and allowed to flow into income generating and productive economic activity. Rainmaker estimates that ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Australian hedge funds do not currently pose a systemic risk to the Australian financial system, a new ASIC report has found. The regulator also found that qualifying hedge funds in the survey also use low leverage and appear to have adequate liquidity ...

Online tool offers comparative performance data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... and commissions proportional to how much you invest is nonsensical and an unfortunate legacy in the Australian financial system." "Most investors we speak to are totally disillusioned with the current fees they pay to fund managers, financial planners ...

APRA: Investment world still clouded with uncertainty

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... Australian economy are not yet clear but what is obvious is that the operating environment for the Australian financial system is, yet again, clouded with uncertainties," said Laker. APRA said the global uncertainty would have two main challenges for ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... consumers understand the risks of the products they are buying," Medcraft said. "When you think about the Australian financial system with the superannuation system, everyone in the country is responsible for their own investment decision so it is important ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... functioning of Australia's financial system through the promotion, education and advocacy for reforms to the Australian financial system. "Our Charter sets out the principles that we believe should guide all participants in the Australian financial system ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media ...

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the 90s but without the necessary regulatory framework. "I think one of the points here is that the Australian financial system has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years...there's actually an asymmetry in the regulatory system, this new market ...

Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... the Reserve Bank of Australia welcomes a reassessment of risk and takes an optimistic view of the Australian financial system. In its latest Financial Stability Review released this morning the RBA highlighted the fact that several years of easy money ...