FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Financial planning

Financial advisers are still not addressing longevity risk and having conversations with clients about what they will do if they live too long, according to one speaker a...

Financial planning

The FSC has called for a statute of limitations on group disability claims to help stabilise premium pricing....

Financial planning

ASIC promises comprehensive rebuttal of claims made by a former employee about undue influence in the granting of relief around online calculators....

Financial planning

Recognition for companies and individuals in FSC Life Awards....

Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

Financial planning

The president of the Fair Work Commission has rebuffed FSC calls to cease its review of default funds under modern awards....

Editorial

The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...

Policy & Regulation

Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...

Policy & Regulation

The FSC has obtained legal advice from a Senior Counsel confirming the Government’s FOFA changes will not undermine client best interest or consumer protections....

Financial planning

FSC chief executive John Brogden has written to the FWC president arguing the default fund review process should cease. ...

Superannuation

Just days after standing down two of three superannuation experts over perceptions of conflicts of interest, the Fair Work Commission has decided to proceed on its defaul...

Life/Risk

High levels of under-insurance are raising social security costs, with more than a third having no disability insurance....

Financial planning

Two members of the FWC’s expert super panel have been removed due to perceived conflicts of interest....

Superannuation

The FSC has warned that around 500,000 people could have their superannuation-related insurance impacted by lifting the lost-member super threshold to $6000....

Superannuation

As the Fair Work Commission president considers conflict of interest issues with respect to his specialist superannuation panel, it is revealed the Government had a choic...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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