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Banks to answer for Hayne report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
The chief executives of Australia's big four banks will head to Canberra to face questioning over the findings published in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will commence its next ...

Franking credits inquiry launched

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
An inquiry has been launched to examine the implications of Labor's policy to remove refundable franking credits. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will investigate the implications of removing refundable franking credits. ...

Macquarie axes grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
Macquarie will axe the payment of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers working within its wealth management division. Following BT Financial Group's lead, Macquarie has said it will discontinue the practice of advisers within its private ...

ASIC not to blame for trust deficit: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton rejects suggestions that historic inaction by the regulator contributed to the significant trust deficit present in Australia's financial services industry. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

ASIC admits AMP inaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
ASIC has acknowledged it was aware prior to the Royal Commission that AMP was allegedly attempting to mislead the regulator. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra today, senior leaders at ASIC admitted ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
"You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't. I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." This was then RBA governor Glenn Stevens' statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
The founder and chair of Yellow Brick Road will lead a Federal Government small business taskforce with appointees from Suncorp, Australian Unity and NAB. Mark Bouris will chair the Small Business Taskforce, which the Department of Industry, Innovation ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Australian banks have narrowly dodged the possibility of facing a Royal Commission-style inquiry after a Green's Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry fell short by a single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. "This represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Yesterday's decision by the Fair Work Commission to slash Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook ...