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Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... and the 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.

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... said HESTA was willing to work with governments to enact carbon pricing reforms. "Without carbon pricing, the financial system will continue to allocate capital to high-carbon activities, despite the low-carbon leadership of a number of institutional ...

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 ...

Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... government to 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 ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... (AFR) 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
... that do 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 ...

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

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... plan that 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 ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... be forced to seek financial advice, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the organisation said it was supportive of the trustees' ability to borrow within the fund, but raised concerns ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... is the view put forward by the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The industry body said the focus of the superannuation industry should be on the wealth outcomes of individuals ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... during the GFC when it dropped from US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 to US$0.6036 on 27 October 2008 when the global financial system was in chaos. The question is, will the dollar-A continue to head down and more, importantly... stay down. I've previously ...