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ASIC not to blame for trust deficit: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... trust deficit present in Australia's financial services industry. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra last Friday, Shipton was asked what responsibility ASIC takes for what has occurred in recent ...

ASIC admits AMP inaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... 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 they were not surprised by the revelations about AMP ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... I can't make it drink." This was then RBA governor Glenn Stevens' statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in his August 2014 testimony. His frustration was understandable for after taking the official cash rate from ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... Schenkel, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Craig Laundy and House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics chair David Coleman will also join the group. "Evidence shows that when a small business begins to digitise and ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... inquiries into specific financial system competition issues - a recommendation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' Review of the Four Major Banks. The measures were quickly labelled as a tax on the economy by Australian Bankers' ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... inquiries into specific financial system competition issues - a recommendation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' Review of the Four Major Banks. These measures are in addition to the $4.2 million allocated to APRA to introduce ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... months - the time back in August 2014 when then RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough. "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't. I've allowed the horse to come ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... towards banks compared to those who were clearly negative. In its opening address to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, ASIC called out recent scandals, saying: "In recent times banks have fallen short of community expectations ...

ABA denies precedent for matching RBA cash rates

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... and Treasurer Scott Morrison proposed an annual meeting with the big four banks at a House of Representatives standing committee on economics where the institutions would, in Turnbull's words, "give a full account of the way in which they are managing ...