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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... particular distribution channels are two of the measures ASIC has suggested for consideration in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Intervening in the way products are designed and developed another regulatory option suggested to the ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... the Commonwealth Bank and branded the government's plans to examine financial advice scandals as part of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) a "cop out." Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told journalists this morning that the government's proposal to deal ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... sourced by Rice Warner and cited by the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) in one of its two submissions to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) show that SMSFs have just 1% in Australian fixed interest and even less in international bonds. NAB executive ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... exposure with some allocation to infrastructure and get a better outcome," Frankish said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for improved access for self-directed investors. ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... argument that yet another inquiry might not be the best way forward," Cormann said. Bushby argued that the current Financial System Inquiry (FSI) was enough, and that a further royal commission would "incur significant cost to taxpayers without delivering ...

Government plays down support for royal commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... non-committal over the possibility of undertaking a royal commission, preferring to await its own inquiry into the financial system before taking further action. "We do obviously have an inquiry into financial governance going on now. We want to get ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... in the way the advice sector operates. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that "Australia's complex financial system demands robust legislation, a strong and effective regulator and personal financial advice outcomes that benefit, and are ...

Bank ads confusing: research

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... and so lenders will be under more pressure to provide it." The survey results come as the Federal Government's Financial System Inquiry (FSI) considers changes to better position and broadly improve Australia's financial system. "We need a banking system ...

ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to grant it a more flexible regulatory toolkit and increase its scope to address market problems. Giving a speech at the Corporate Governance ...