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Financial planning
The FSC has announced a long-term alliance with First Nations Foundation to expand its financial literacy program for indigenous Australians....
Superannuation
Federal Treasurer claims a Coalition Government will never deliver on a 12 per cent super guarantee....
Superannuation
FSC urges use of Treasury inter-generational report as basis for five-year super policy settings. ...
Financial planning
ASIC chairman attributes regulatory changes impacting planners to failure of industry self-regulation....
People & Products
Schroders Australia CEO Greg Cooper has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC)....
Life/Risk
Adviser remuneration is only one part of the equation on life/risk churn, says AFA chief executive Brad Fox....
Financial planning
The majority of chief executives in Australia believe technology plays a significant role in developing and bringing new financial products to the Asian market, according...
Financial planning
The new Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, will be a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Financial Services Council conference....
Policy & Regulation
Australian financial services institutions have received some breathing space with regards to the implementation of FOFA and Stronger Super as the US announces a six-mont...
Editorial
Financial planners may have won something of a victory in terms of TASA implementation, but the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo writes that those impacted ...
Life/Risk
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
Accounting
The Institute of Public Accountants has welcomed the Coalition’s new policy paper which re-affirms the promise to repeal some of the more controversial elements of the Fu...
Superannuation
Independent planners have been squeezed out of tendering for corporate superannuation - or so it seems for now. ...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition has confirmed it will back any move by new Treasurer, Chris Bowen, to delay the implementation of FOFA....
Policy & Regulation
FSC chief John Brogden has written to the new Labor government asking for FOFA to be extended until 1 July, 2014....
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