FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Funds management

The Financial Services Council has appointed a new deputy chair for its board....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has recommended changes to regulatory design as millions more consumers are expected to need advice in the coming years....

Financial planning

Australian consumers say they are more likely to seek retirement advice from a financial adviser or their super fund, the FSC reveals, demonstrating a distrust of governm...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council says the sophisticated investor test needs to be updated to protect consumers....

Financial planning

While the FSC largely supports the final tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, the FAAA is “deeply concerned” about possible negative implications of t...

Financial planning

Financial Services Council chief executive, Blake Briggs, has shed a light on the need for industry body consolidation and how meaningful engagement between groups has br...

Superannuation

Unveiling the 2023 Intergenerational Report, Treasurer Chalmers has called the retirement phase of super the government’s next frontier and flagged further consultation t...

Financial planning

Individual investors in New Zealand are steering clear of investment with higher potential risk/return with only 13% looking to areas such as cryptocurrency....

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Expert Analysis

The financial services industry says a regulatory overhaul could rejuvenate the advice industry and technology could achieve the same result, writes Andrew Zietara....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council is calling on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to include a 12-month transition period for licensees to adjust to chang...

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Features

2022 is set to have less compliance and regulatory activity, writes Zach Castles, leaving advisers with more time to focus on helping consumers and improving their busine...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has welcomed the release of the Financial Services Council white paper that proposed recommendations to reduce the cost and time inv...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council says the expansion of the scope and length of the committee will help Australia become a technology and finance centre....

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn says the major life insurers have been shown to have been persistently ignoring their own code of conduct by a report from the Life C...

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Policy & Regulation

Experience in the United Kingdom suggests it may be a lot more expensive to recruit and retain senior executives under the Government’s proposed new Financial Accountabil...

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