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Financial planning
AMP Wealth chief executive, Alex Wade, has called for an industry push to move beyond the focus on face to face advice by opening up digital channels....
Outsider
Outsider has concluded that those organising this year’s Financial Services Council Leaders Summit have taken the view that diversity can trump relevance when it is coupl...
Policy & Regulation
The proposed new single disciplinary system for financial advisers requires further discussion, according to the Financial Services Council....
Superannuation
Former Financial Services Council policy executive and newly-elected NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg has pointed to vested interests in the superannuation industry and ...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has called on the Government to use a review of the Tax Practitioners Board to align and streamline the financial planner regulatory regime...
Financial planning
Greater transparency will help address anomalies in the way in which superannuation fund salaried financial advisers are paid from administration and investment fees, acc...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Labor Party has spread the focus on financial services across three members of its Shadow Cabinet team....
Policy & Regulation
Industry bodies have applauded the Government’s appointments to the Treasury, stating it is a ‘clear indication’ of the strategic focus being placed on financial services...
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council has urged the Federal Government to consult on its post-election agenda, while calling for a single regulatory regime for financial adviser...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has welcomed new legislation aimed to provide more protection for consumers from poor financial products....
People & Products
Three new faces have joined the Financial Services Council board, at the same time as long-serving deputy chair Brad Cooper makes way for David Bryant to take up the role...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry has delivered the Budget a muted response in circumstances where the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, had announced most of the Government’s fi...
Life/Risk
The attitude of politicians from both the major parties has made clear that life/risk advisers will have to fight hard to retain commission-based remuneration beyond the ...
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council has received a clear message from the Government that it needs to make its Life Insurance Code of Conduct enforceable....
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned of margin compression resulting from insurance in superannuation changes....
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...