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Legal Considerations for Superannuation Investors When Investing in Complex Financial Products

Ali, Paul - 2015

Institutional investment in Australia is both highly innovative and complex. The regulatory focus – and associated … financial products. We have chosen to focus on synthetic CDOs. This research report is the first study in Australia of the …

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Protecting Retirement Wealth : A Survey of Australian Products

Vassallo, Anthony - 2016

We survey the long-term derivative instruments (warrants) offered by Australian institutions to elderly Australian investors. Our focus is on products other than plain-vanilla life annuities. There are currently four active products. They incorporate a strike price which is either constant or...

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Do the Basel III Capital Reforms Reduce the Implicit Subsidy of Systemically Important Banks? Australian Evidence

Cummings, James R. - 2019

This study examines whether systemically important banks realise an implicit subsidy when raising wholesale debt funding and evaluates the effectiveness of the Basel III capital reforms in reducing the subsidy. Our estimations suggest that, before the reforms, systemically important banks...

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The Superannuation System and Its Regulation : Views from Fund Executives

Butt, Adam - 2017

This paper summarizes views on the superannuation system and its regulation collected through interviews of fund executives. While the majority of interviewees saw the superannuation system as working relatively well, some areas of concern were detected. Issues raised relate to: certain aspects...

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Twin Peaks – The Legal and Regulatory Anatomy of Australia's System of Financial Regulation

Godwin, Andrew - 2016

This paper is one of a series of working papers that explore various aspects of Australia's system of financial … context in which the system operates in Australia, it examines the anatomy of the ‘twin peaks' model as it exists in Australia …, the Reserve Bank of Australia, remains responsible for monetary policy and financial stability, including ensuring a safe …

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Impact of additional equity capital on bank funding costs : Australian evidence

Nguyen, Linh - 2020

This study examines the long-run cost implications for banks of funding more of their assets with equity capital, in an economy with a strong dependence on bank-intermediated financing and a highly concentrated banking industry. Despite domestic conditions that are likely to heighten...

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The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law : Lessons for Australian Banks and Chinese Regulators

Healey, Deborah - 2020

This research project compares the application of the competition laws of China and Australia to bank mergers, against …

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The Size, Cost and Asset Allocation of Australian Self-Managed Superannuation Funds

Arnold, Bruce Robert - 2014

Using proprietary Australian Tax Office (ATO) data, we document the size, asset allocation and expenses for a sample of 209,420 Australian self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) for the three years to June 2010. Two recent Government reviews have highlighted a lack of basic knowledge of the...

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MySuper : A New Landscape for Default Superannuation Funds

Chant, Warren - 2014

This report examines the Australian superannuation default fund landscape following the introduction of MySuper. The two main products are outlined – single strategy ‘balanced' and lifecycle – including their underlying asset allocation and glide path strategies. While lifecycle approaches...

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Foreign Investment Law and Policy in Australia : A Critical Analysis

Gilligan, George - 2014

Under Australia's foreign investment review framework all foreign governments and their related entities should notify … the federal government and gain approval before making a direct investment in Australia regardless of the value of that … investment. Yet can Australia's current policy settings be maintained in their current form given developments in global capital …

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