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No more inquiries, says FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has advocated four-to-five-year government terms to end the "traffic jam of financial reform" which has cost the industry nearly $3 billion. Speaking at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne ...

FSC releases policy priorities for next parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
The Financial Services Council has outlined its key policy priorities for the next parliament. Primarily, the FSC's statement concerns itself with outstanding issues highlighted in the Financial System Inquiry. Specifically, it emphasises the need for ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...

Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... collective investment vehicles will increase exports of Australian investment products. "A new corporate collective investment vehicle to rival those on offer in other leading funds management centres such as the United Kingdom, will allow Australian ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... funds passport must be implemented in the 2016 budget to work efficiently and must include a new collective investment vehicle. "At the moment in Australia we have unit trusts which are not well understood by Asian investors. So if Australia had new ...

FSC proposes Budget fixes to boost fin services exports

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... are flocking to other jurisdictions such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Luxembourg which have broader collective investment vehicle structures which are simple, effective and workable," he said. The FSC has also recommended changes to Australia's withholding ...

Parliament tables new tax laws for investment trusts

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
The Government tabled the Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015 in Parliament on the last day of the sitting season. If approved, the proposed rules will apply from 1 July 2016 and will reduce complexity, increase ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... implemented and Australian domestic regulation must be reformed. He said that Australia should create collective investment vehicle structures, as Australian unit trusts can be very unfamiliar to overseas investors. Australia also needs more competitive ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The government has released a consultation paper on the rules and operational arrangement for the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper has been prepared by the Asia Region Funds Passport Working Group which includes Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
If the Federal Government is serious about exporting financial services to Asia, it must put in place all the recommendations suggested in the Johnson Report by the end of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government ...