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Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) conducted a root and branch examination of Australia's financial system, making 44 recommendations to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. In its response, the government has ...

Aussies in top five for cashless transactions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Australians have recorded the fourth highest number of cashless transactions per capita worldwide according to the latest report from Capgemini. The consulting and outsourcing firm's annual World Payments Report suggests cashless payments are forecasted ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... investment meetings and forums. Opening the ASFA event was research director at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR), Dr Geoffrey Warren, who put forward several ways super funds and investment managers could address short-term ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Bond giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global ...

FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Murray Inquiry panellist Professor Kevin Davis has proposed an alternative model for the sale of ASIC's Business Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
Retail superannuation funds have welcomed the introduction in Parliament of the bill that seeks to mandate the presence of independent directors in boards. "With over $2 trillion currently sitting in the superannuation pool, good governance has never ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Both the Financial Services Council and Financial Planning Association of Australia have voiced their support for an industry funding model for ASIC. On August 28, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg welcomed industry consultation on the proposal while ...

REST appoints exec from SSFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
REST has appointed a chief risk officer who was previously a risk manager at State Super Financial Services (SSFS). Phil Budge joined REST in June 2015 and is responsible for the fund's risk management framework. At the same time, he provides independent ...