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Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... voice in expressing concern over financial advice legislation. In July 2013, he also tabled the request to start a Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), following a number of media reports ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... There has scarcely been a more important time to talk about investment income. Published in July, the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI's) interim report specifically raised concerns that the country's superannuation system was ill-equipped to provide ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... our members and independent licensees," he said. However, today an FSC spokesperson said that the FSC's Financial System Inquiry (FSI) submission presenting the initiative had the sign off of the organisation's Advice Board Committee, which includes ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Greens asked the government to postpone again the vote on the changes to the FoFA legislation until the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) releases its conclusions.

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... "reinventing the wheel." As reported by Financial Standard earlier this month the FSC, in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), asked the government to set up a new body, the Advice Competency Standards Board (ACSB), to oversee the development ...

Advice associations under conflict of interest on professionalism: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... receiving member fees and encouraging new members," ASIC said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into adviser professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Quoting a report by the regulator's ...

Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... postpone again the vote on the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation until the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) releases its conclusions. "Labor Senators urge the government to withdraw these amendments and work to bridge the widening ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... reports that banks' share prices are also under pressure from "A building expectation the government's Financial System Inquiry headed by David Murray will require the banks to hold more capital". And what would a list of bad news be without Nouriel ...

Tight regulation getting in the way of digital advice: Minter Ellison

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... not contain financial product advice or only general advice," the law firm said in a submission to the Financial System Inquiry. Minter Ellison argued that there is "great potential for online tools to enable consumers to obtain a great deal of useful ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... will increase consistency in banks' application of the strengthened Basel III rules on capital." The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is also seeking consultation on this issue and suggested in its interim report that perceptions that some institutions ...