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FSI flooded with second round submissions

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... than 6,300 bodies, companies and individuals have provided second round submissions in response to the Financial System Inquiry's Interim Report which was released in July. According to the FSI over 5,000 submissions were received on the issue of "credit ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... shortfalls and challenges of the retirement phase of superannuation in the second round of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). In its 140 page submission the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) put the emphasis on limiting ...

FSC: Appoint an ASIC commissioner for international issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry to consider the appointment of a new ASIC commissioner to deal with international regulatory issues and for an agency to be established to coordinate and promote financial ...

SPAA rejects compulsory annuitisation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... has spoken against the introduction of compulsory annuitisation in Australia in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) "SPAA does not support policy incentives that encourage retirees to purchase one particular type of retirement income ...

IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... meaning more assets will be bought by foreign investors, IFM Investors has warned. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry, the industry fund-owned fund manager said, "The existing liquidity management regime strongly encourages Australian ...

Give MySuper time to work, says AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said. In its submission in response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report, AIST said wholesale structural changes to deal with the comparatively high fees super funds charge would ...

Higher education will not fix advice industry problems: Accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... recent years, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) said in a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). "Australians cannot have a professional relationship with an adviser when there is such disparity in the education levels ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... consumers." "Choice, Industry Super Australia, ASIC and the Government's own hand-picked chair of the Financial Systems Inquiry, David Murray, have all criticised the current system and called for reforms to limit industry excesses," Whish-Wilson said. ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Murray Inquiry to set clear objectives against which the success of superannuation's role in reducing the Age Pension burden on public coffers can be measured. In its latest ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... not just SMSFs. She voiced full support for the tax imputation system, which is under scrutiny from the Financial System Inquiry.