FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL
Financial planning
FOS is proposing to more than double its maximum membership fee to $25,000. ...
Superannuation
Industry bodies call into question Rice Warner research on costs of SMSFs....
Superannuation
Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....
Superannuation
The draft terms of reference for the Government’s Financial System Review place regulators and super on the agenda....
Superannuation
Linda Elkins has been named Superannuation Executive of the Year in Money Management/Super Review’s Women in Financial Services Awards 2013. ...
Editorial
It was probably inevitable that within two months of gaining office and with a minimum of fuss, the Coalition Government has sought to undo some of the last legislative a...
Superannuation
Cooper defends work of super charter group despite it being “binned” by the new Government....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that as a former ASIC executive, ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos has managed to spice up the submissions to the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC’s op...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry has broadly welcomed the Government’s move to abolish the proposed tax on super earnings over $100,000....
Financial planning
Money Management and Super Review reveal a shortlist for their inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards....
Superannuation
Industry welcomes Government's changes to self education expenses and the tax on superannuation earnings over $100,000. ...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has applauded the Government for confirming its commitment to increase the Superannuation Guarantee Charge to 12 per cent as part of its re...
Financial planning
The wealth management industry should not only embrace digital technology but redesign its business model around the connected customer, according to a research paper....
Policy & Regulation
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has condemned the new Government’s plan to axe the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) as part of its repeal of the Mineral Resources Rent...
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...