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Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... expands to $3 trillion over the next decade, the extra products, investors and funds will mean more risk to the financial system, said Medcraft, speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch last week. "The typical superannuation fund invests in ...

Online tool offers comparative performance data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... and commissions proportional to how much you invest is nonsensical and an unfortunate legacy in the Australian financial system." "Most investors we speak to are totally disillusioned with the current fees they pay to fund managers, financial planners ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... contract was up 17 points at 4,552. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Financial System) Malcolm Edey is due to speak at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Annual Australia Conference in ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... worsening of working conditions for bank employees and increased pressures on Sales and Advice practices. "The global financial system needs to change the rules of the game. Bankers' expectations are too high. Reaching for a rate of return of more than ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... confidently that a change in market structure will benefit the market as a whole without increasing the risk to the financial system, the ASX argued. The Council of Financial Regulators which comprise of the Treasury, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Government's banking reforms, dubbing them "a better banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued a Deloitte Access Economics report ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... June policy meeting minutes showed that several of its top policy makers wanted to look at tools to bolster the financial system amid a weak recovery, but that the Fed was split on how, when and if to provide more stimulus. LONDON - European stocks struggled ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... past few months. "As always, the Federal Reserve remains prepared to take action as needed to protect the US financial system and economy in the event that financial stresses escalate." This, Virginia, after his cohorts at the Fed practically announced ...

SMSF software helps maximise property tax deductions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
SMSF administration software developer Class Super has launched accounting software to calculate property depreciation values on an on-going basis. Class Super, owned by Class Financial Systems, has introduced the new property module to allow SMSF administrators ...

Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... positions are sounder when compared with the days of the Asian financial crisis in 1998. "Overall, Asia's healthy financial system, robust domestic demand, low debt levels, high savings rates and the emergence of China as a global economic powerhouse ...