FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Superannuation

Government warned that the costs of tinkering with superannuation could far outweigh the benefits....

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Life/Risk

With life insurance being placed in the ‘too-hard’ basket for many Australians, the industry has developed simple and convenient methods to take out cover. However, as Ti...

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Life/Risk

Industry discussion in relation to what constitutes 'churning' in life insurance needs to be replaced with a debate on a sustainable remuneration model for switching poli...

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Policy & Regulation

The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that submissions to the Productivity Commission review of default superannuation funds under modern awards have raised important questions about the r...

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Policy & Regulation

The best way to get more Australians receiving financial advice in the near future is the introduction of scaled advice, according to the Financial Services Council chief...

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has committed to the development of performance benchmarks to underpin MySuper funds selection as default superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council and Association of Financial Advisers have joined together to provide a forum looking at life in a post-FOFA financial planning world....

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Editorial

Underinsurance is a concern for the Australian community. However, Financial Services Council chief John Brogden believes the combined government and industry efforts cou...

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Policy & Regulation

Strongly divergent views have emerged from Australia's major financial planning organisations in the wake of the FOFA bills, while the Opposition has made a policy commit...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has announced it will consult with the industry on a policy to address the practice of churning in life insurance....

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Superannuation

The superannuation guarantee will gradually increase from 9 per cent to 12 per cent over the next seven years, following the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax thr...

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Financial planning

The Coalition has expressed disbelief the FPA may have done a deal with the ISN conceding opt-in in exchange for other concessions including enshrining the term “financia...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has again called for the increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, this time presenting research showing that the retirement...

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