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Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... 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 model for ASIC ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... funding from doing the same with financial services? The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has recommended that crowd equity funding should be allowed in Australia, subject to monitoring by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... recently acquired private wealth firm Martin Goodrich & Associates. It also announced that life insurance policies recommended through its Centric Wealth and Financial Index Wealth Accountants subsidiaries will be commission-free.

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... 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 to get past lobbying interests. ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... one model of board structure should be viewed as clearly preferable in all cases." Bowen accepts the Murray Inquiry recommended that a majority of directors be independent but the government's intervention in the way a fund is run must be carefully justified. ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... to commit to a bipartisan approach to define the objective of superannuation and to enshrine it in legislation as recommended by the Financial System Inquiry. "The FSC's definition of the objective of superannuation is to ensure that the majority of ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... makes financial advice seem like something that's only for people who are already financially prepared," he said. He recommended a different process where each client's situation is approached as a "hero's journey." This alternative model involved "discovering" ...

InvestSMART launches free robo-advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... asset allocation on a given risk profile." Speaking to Financial Standard, Hodge stressed that the risk profiles and recommended portfolios - which he added did include InvestSMART's own portfolios, but were "product-agnostic" - were based on research ...

Lonsec recommends BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Lonsec has given BetaShares' Nasdaq 100 ETF a Recommended rating. It's the first ETF listed on the ASX which tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, and was launched in May. Lonsec recommended it based on its ability to give Australian retail investors access ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... 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 dubbed a potential ...