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Westpac appoints deputy CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Westpac Group has created the role of deputy chief executive officer to address strategic issues such as the Financial System Inquiry and regulatory change. The current chief financial officer Phil Coffey will start in the new role of deputy chief executive ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Brogden listed areas which the FSC believe the Murray inquiry should deal with, including global competitiveness, financial system users and federal budget sustainability. However, he gave most time to the role of superannuation in Australia's economy. ...

Lawyer questions legality of FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms could be deemed legally "invalid" and "susceptible to challenge in the courts" if they are pushed through via regulatory change rather than legislation, law firm Arnold ...

SunGard launches a faster STP processor

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
SunGard Financial Systems (SunGard) has announced the launch of a fully automated order processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, fund administrators and private equity firms. Asset Arena Data Connect, the new processing solution, has ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... access to an asset that is a cornerstone of many allocations around the globe," the analysts said. "The Murray Financial System review will no doubt look at the impediments to the development of the credit market in Australia."

Fears to FoFA amendments "overplayed": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Fears that the amendments to the best interest duty of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will affect the quality of advice are "overplayed," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. "Improving the best interest duty does help ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... financial space... and also we have concerns over Fed stimulus tapering, the impact that that may have on the US financial system." The big four banks all began weaker, with the Commonwealth down five cents at $75.42, ANZ 15 cents worse off at $30.88 ...

Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is looking at the Financial System Inquiry as an opportunity to find ways for Australia's financial services to maximise exports and ensure growth. In a submission to the terms of reference of the so-called Son of ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... need to have a body that looks at the total systemic risk of the system," she said, adding that the upcoming financial system inquiry would provide a good opportunity to look at this possibility. Vamos said that, as the super system is designed to take ...