Ring-fencing and insurance pre-funding shelved by Murray
One measure that was floated by the Financial System Inquiry in its interim report has been dropped in the final report.The report from David Murray's panel said: "If implemented, this package of reforms should prevent the need for further structural reform in the industry, such as ring-fencing certain operations of the major banks."Ring-fencing has become a template policy option in some northern hemisphere markets, but the FSI panel dropped the option in the face of APRA and RBA scepticism.In a further proposal likely to be adopted by the government as it can be passed off as a tax cut, the panel said: "The inquiry also believes that introducing the proposed reforms would reduce the need to pre-fund the Financial Claims Scheme."