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Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... With the election only seven months away, industry body Abacus Australian Mutuals backs the public cry for an independent inquiry into the country's banking system. According to polling by D&M research of 1,000 Australian voters, two out of three respondents ...

Ripoll thanks industry for reforms support

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... Services, also said that he was proud that it was a Labor Government that delivered the reforms, which despite the bipartisan inquiry finding that there were serious issues with the system were not supported in Parliament by the Opposition. "The inquiry's ...

FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... trusts in Australia, the Financial Services Council yesterday said it would seek an extension to a Federal Government inquiry. Financial Services Council (FSC) senior policy manager Eve Brown said that the charitable trust industry currently operates ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has been accused of 'gazumping' the Productivity Commission inquiry into default super by moving to head off options that would give employers more choice in fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued a Deloitte Access Economics report calling for tax incentives for 'fifth pillar' banking ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Future Fund has defended its investments in subsidiaries based in known tax-havens during a senate inquiry yesterday. The fund's 2011 annual report shows that it has 14.4% of its assets in the Cayman Islands, plus significant investments in the ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The changing role of Government in recommending default super funds in modern awards could lead to worker legal action against the Commonwealth. The Law Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) ...

No role for FWA in choosing default funds: CSSA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance has endorsed option 4 of the Productivity Commission's default super fund inquiry, namely that an independent expert panel and not Fair Work Australia should make default fund listing decisions. Gareth Hall, CSSA ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... cannot let that happen," The scandal, which has resulted in Prime Minister David Cameron announcing a full parliamentary inquiry, now looks likely to envelop the Bank of England. Barclays has released an internal 2008 memo from Diamond, then head of ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a full parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear ...