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David Murray gives first insight into FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray said that the committee will focus on ageing, technology and innovation as drivers of change and at how these affect regulation, competition and consumer outcomes. Murray said that the committee ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Australian Industry Group will release its performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April. Meanwhile, Financial System Inquiry head David Murray is slated to provide an update on the inquiry at an Australian Business Economists lunch. In equities ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
With the deadline now closed for submissions to the Financial System Inquiry, the first investigation into the sector in 16 years, Financial Standard investigates the big themes, the surprises and what has been missed amongst the more than 250 publicly ...

Consumers reluctant to use online advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... was conducted in partnership with GfK and was presented as part of the organisation's submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The research featured a survey of about 1,000 adult Australians about attitudes towards current and future behaviour ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we consider how the ongoing inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission might prove to be a wake-up call for the regulator. We also look at the Financial System Inquiry ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...

Could government issue its own annuities?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... according to the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. While there is near universal agreement that Australia needs more products that deal with longevity risk, CEPAR has become ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Financial System Inquiry should look into ways of making direct investment in infrastructure and corporate bonds more accessible to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has argued. SMSFs currently ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... later admitted that in one occasion ASIC lost a CBA breach report. The Economics Committee will report the results of the inquiry to the Senate on May 30, 2014.

CBA promoted Nguyen to keep him away from clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has heard that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) promoted financial planner Don Nguyen, despite allegations of fraud. Speaking at the inquiry Commonwealth ...