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Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has thrown its support behind extending Unfair Contract Terms regime to life insurance....
Financial planning
There is an urgent need to end the regulatory overlap between the Tax Practitioners Board and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, according to the Finan...
Financial planning
Advisers have an opportunity to educate New Zealanders that life insurance is vital, according to the Financial Services Council of New Zealand....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council of New Zealand has released a new discussion paper which aims to identify six key issues for KiwiSaver 2050....
Financial planning
The united approach adopted by the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers has been credited with achieving the extension of the Financia...
Financial planning
The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services Technology, Senator Jane Hume has again stopped short of giving any undertaking on ex...
Financial planning
Supply, demand and costs of advice, as well as the disruption of digital advice technology were the key topics discussed for the future of advice at the Financial Service...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council chairman, Geoff Lloyd, says despite the drastic changes to the industry, it is up to them to continue to adapt. ...
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
The Financial Services Council (FSC) says there is a need to fix superannuation defaults to adjust to a high amount of multiple job holders and the creation of ‘zombie’ s...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has released its 2019 State of the Industry Report detailing the overall picture of the industry....
Outsider
Outsider notes that former Financial Services Council (FSC) policy executive and long-time political aspirant, Senator Andrew Bragg, delivered his maiden speech in the Se...
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 ...
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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...