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Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... paper seeking stakeholder views. This consultation is part of the government's consideration of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), which recommended that ASIC's regulatory activities be funded by industry. The government said that an industry funding ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... widely about the parliament's tax and financial services reviews, including that, as part of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the government would make a measured response around problems associated with limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... difference between the superannuation segments," he says. Transparency, accountability -"although there is nothing in the FSI recommendations that suggest we should increase accountability" - and reducing homogeneity are other advantages of having independent ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... stirred the debate around super board independence, saying it has deteriorated into a "set of silly suggestions." In his final FSI report, Murray recommended that super funds appoint a majority of independent directors but so far the legislation is yet ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... of the first Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement-style solution, a recommendation by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Administration provider AAS also recently partnered with Challenger A to make annuities accessible on its platform.

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... fallen to expectations, given the system's substantial increase in size and scale. He noted the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) cited data showing that between 2004 and 2013, average fees only fell by 20 basis points "whereas the size of the average fund ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) will increase from 16% to at least 25%. It derived from the FSI recommendation that the regulator should "raise the average internal ratings-based (IRB) mortgage risk weight to narrow ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... for SMSFs rather than these sorts of figures. I'm surprise to see them commenting," he said. The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has recommended banning LRBAs, a move which was drawn criticism from industry quarters. The Association of Financial Advisers ...

Banks need to increase capital ratios: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... comfortably positioned in the top quartile of international peers. In response to a recommendation of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) that bank capital ratios must be "unquestionably strong" APRA conducted a study comparing the capital position of ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... previously an executive manager of advocacy for the Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). Economist Sara Dix took over the role of policy manager for global markets in 2014 and is responsible for the FSC's policy ...