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Funds management

An FSC report found female representation in portfolio management and analyst roles has improved in 2024 amid diversity efforts, although the figure dipped drastically fo...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council has told a parliamentary committee that a subjective test is needed to demonstrate the sophistication of wholesale investors, whether via a...

Funds management

The Financial Services Council has appointed a new deputy chair for its board....

Superannuation

While all MySuper products successfully passed the latest performance test, trustee-directed products encountered difficulties....

Financial planning

Research has forecast how financial advice landscape demographics could look in 2050, including how many more Australian consumers will need complex advice....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has recommended changes to regulatory design as millions more consumers are expected to need advice in the coming years....

Financial planning

Multiple financial services organisations, including the FSC and FAAA, are calling for better handling of financial abuse, with financial advisers being “uniquely positio...

Funds management

The Treasury has announced its latest roadmap to support growth in Australia’s sustainable finance markets and tackle greenwashing, including several upcoming milestones....

Funds management

The Financial Services Council is proposing making the sophisticated investor test less subjective as currently wholesale fund managers are hesitant to apply it....

Financial planning

With Fortnum Private Wealth and Professional Financial Services now unified under the Entireti umbrella company, CEO Neil Younger has detailed to Money Management the fir...

Features

The FSC and FAAA have pinpointed the small wins and losses in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget, noting that successfully achieving change can be a "hard grind" for th...

Financial planning

Advisers could find themselves unable to receive the fair market price of their advice as the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation states superannuation trust...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has launched the Digital Advice Expert Group to support policy development around digital advice adoption and ensure greater accessibility ...

Financial planning

Sharing his reasoning in joining the FSC board, WT Financial managing director, Keith Cullen, believes “product and advice cannot be separated” from each other in the cur...

Financial planning

The heads of two financial advice licensees have joined the board of the Financial Services Council as it looks to deepen its engagement with the space and strengthen its...

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The FSCP has announced its latest verdict, suspending an adviser’s registration for failing to comply with his obligations when providing advice to three clients....

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