FSC

Financial planning

Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates....

Superannuation

FSC chief executive, John Brogden, has accused critics of the Australian superannuation system, including the Financial Systems Inquiry, of using badly outdated data....

Financial planning

The FSC has committed to pursuing the development of a national retirement income policy....

Policy & Regulation

The ALP will not be forgetting FOFA and will look to reimplement its model when it returns to government....

Life/Risk

Both APRA and ASIC express concerns at failure to learn lessons in life/risk sector....

Financial planning

The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....

Financial planning

This week’s FSC conference in Cairns will discuss how tax and regulation are impeding financial services innovation....

Financial planning

The Senate inquiry of ASIC into its handling of the Commonwealth Bank is so negative it has tarnished trust in advisers, according to John Brogden....

Financial planning

New research suggests the regulatory demands confronting financial services companies are distracting them from technological innovation....

Superannuation

The FSC and industry funds are again at loggerheads over how default superannuation funds should be selected....

Superannuation

The FSC has hit back at ISA claims about banks offering incentives for default fund selection....

Superannuation

The FWC’s default superannuation fund selection process would cost fund members $400 million in unnecessary duplication, according to research commissioned by the FSC....

Policy & Regulation

Moves by the Federal Government to introduce an enhanced register of financial advisers are being backed by the FPA and FSC....

Financial planning

Industry advocate groups have broadly welcomed the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report’s vow to lift the education bar for advisers, but one has questioned the ...

Financial planning

The FSC announces John Brogden has stepped down as Financial Services Council chief. ...

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