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Banks Push Back on Proposal to Shield New Investment Accounts
How 1 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Calcalist · Jun 14, 2026
What happened
Israel’s banks are opposing a proposal to exclude them from a new unified investment account being designed by the Arbitrage Committee. The committee is weighing temporary protection for investment houses, while banks and the mutual funds association argue the reform should include all exchange members, including banks.
- 01Banks oppose any plan to bar them from the new unified investment account.
- 02The Arbitrage Committee may grant investment houses temporary protection from bank competition.
- 03The new account would combine most non-pension savings and investments with tax deferral.
- 04Banks say exclusion would hurt customers and objective investment advice.
- 05The Mutual Funds Association says the reform needs banks’ distribution power to succeed.
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