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Actuaries Institute asks for FSI to be implemented

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... income stream products in its pre-Budget submission. The institute restated the proposals it made to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) which were, in turn, reinforced in the FSI's final report but are yet to be implemented by the government. These included ...

UniSuper develops retirement product

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... during the accumulation phase. The development of the option follows the Government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), which was supportive of the recommendation calling on the superannuation industry to develop CIPRs to improve outcomes ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... into effect from July 1, 2017. "These reforms, recently announced in the Government's response to the Financial System Inquiry, have widespread support across industry participants, professional bodies and consumer representatives of the need to raise ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... policy which has been recommended by the Cooper Review under the Labor government and by David Murray's Financial System Inquiry."

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... Senate will start an inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime, following calls from regulators and Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray to strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the inquiry. ...

ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... trends benefitting mutuals including: a more competitive position due to the impact of changes from the Financial System Inquiry (FSI); constraints on lending growth across the banking sector requiring consumers and investors to look at alternatives ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... advantage of future retirement income developments. Yesterday the government said it will support the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) recommendation that calls for super trustees to select Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). SISFA's ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... "high dollar price tags," there is room to move for SMSF investment. "As we said in our submission to the Financial System Inquiry, options include offering unitised investments in smaller parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Currie said Lonsec's report is timely in that it coincides with the federal government response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), which highlights the need to develop new income stream products to better protect retirees from longevity and other ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Estelle Pearson said the paper underlines the significance of the Australian government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), particularly its commitment to enshrining the objective of the superannuation system in legislation and assessing ...