FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Funds management

The FSC has opposed further regulation of licensed trustee companies following proposals put forward by CAMAC with regards to charitable trusts....

Superannuation

New FSC analysis points to declines in employer super contributions in two out of the past three quarters....

Financial planning

AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....

Life/Risk

Letter from Shorten and consultation with ASIC prompts FSC to reopen moves for self-regulation around churn. ...

Life/Risk

ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...

Superannuation

APRA defers key element of SuperStream data collection to second half of next year....

Superannuation

The Opposition dismisses as “hysterical” the reaction to its decision to extend the phase-in over the SG rise....

Editorial

ASIC has established new competency standards around RG 146, but Cecilia Storniolo writes that there are many loose ends that need to be resolved before the ground rules ...

Editorial

With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry is bracing itself for Budget nasties as Treasury summons organisations for Friday talks....

Superannuation

Wayne Swan and Bill Shorten have decided to end the speculation about what the upcoming Federal Budget brings for the superannuation industry. Money Management spotlights...

Editorial

Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has appointed three new board directors, including Geoff Lloyd, FSC director from 2008-10....

Financial planning

FSC senior adviser, Cecilia Storniolo has pointed to the differences in treatment between accountants and planners on TASA....

Superannuation

The financial services industry is calling for a bipartisan approach to the newly announced super changes, with many raising concerns about complexity. ...

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