FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL
Superannuation
Planning groups are notable absentees from membership of the peak consultative council formed to oversee the Government’s superannuation changes....
Editorial
The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...
Financial planning
The current reform revolution is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get it right and improve trust in the industry, but several proposed changes risk taking the reform...
Policy & Regulation
Changes to the income tax treatment of the investment income of foreign funds will provide tax certainty for foreign investors investing in Australian managed funds, acco...
Funds management
Forum established to pursue greater co-operation between the South Korean and Australian funds management industries....
Financial planning
The FSC has announced its life insurance members will be fast tracking enquiries and advance-paying policies for flood victims....
Editorial
The financial planning industry has ended 2010 amid just as much uncertainty as the beginning of the year, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
The replacement of outgoing Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch by Godfrey Pembroke chief Mark Rantall attracted criticism from some quarters of the industry...
Editorial
As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...
Editorial
The Financial Planning Association has outlined a radical agenda in its attempt to evolve into a professional association but, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate transf...
Superannuation
Rice Warner suggests measures to close the female retirement incomes adequacy gap....
Financial planning
The entry-level requirements for the provision of financial advice may soon be lifted from their very low base, with the corporate regulator undertaking consultation with...
Superannuation
New Financial Services Council research has revealed the degree to which Australia’s retirement savings gap has widened....
Financial planning
Asia’s funds management industry strongly endorses the proposed development of an ‘Asia Funds Passport’, which would allow Australia to gain access to i...
Financial planning
A leading superannuation body has responded to industry calls for regulatory intervention in investment labelling and promotion by claiming industry-wide agreement on the...
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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’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...