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Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... "annuity-style" income stream, according to Westpac Group. In a submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry, the bank said that the infrastructure funding challenge in Australia can to a large extent be met by the $1.7 trillion-and-growing ...

Actuaries Institute names 2014 president

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... 2014 include ensuring the profession's voice is heard on the critical issues being considered by the Financial Services Inquiry, offering practical solutions to better manage the social and economic impacts of natural disasters and health funding, as ...

Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... Super Australia (ISA) asked the government not to rush to make changes to financial advice laws ahead of the Son of Wallis inquiry. "A number of concessions were made by the previous Labor Government to the banks and financial planners before the current ...

Happy holidays from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 16 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
... 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 pressure ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and changes to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "Part 9.4AAA is limited and has ...

Super must not commingle with banks: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Inquiry should focus on harnessing the power of super to fund Australia's real economy, as an alternative source of funding to the banking sector, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said. In its submission to the draft terms of ...

"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A submission to the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance provides yet another testimony of a culture of "cronyism and favouritism" which includes threats and harassment of employees. The testimony comes from a former employee of the Australian ...