Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates....
FSC chief executive, John Brogden, has accused critics of the Australian superannuation system, including the Financial Systems Inquiry, of using badly outdated data....
The FSC has committed to pursuing the development of a national retirement income policy....
The ALP will not be forgetting FOFA and will look to reimplement its model when it returns to government....
Both APRA and ASIC express concerns at failure to learn lessons in life/risk sector....
The FSC is pressing the Goverment to form a financial services export coordination body....
This week’s FSC conference in Cairns will discuss how tax and regulation are impeding financial services innovation....
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....
New research suggests the regulatory demands confronting financial services companies are distracting them from technological innovation....
The FSC and industry funds are again at loggerheads over how default superannuation funds should be selected....
The FSC has hit back at ISA claims about banks offering incentives for default fund selection....
The FWC’s default superannuation fund selection process would cost fund members $400 million in unnecessary duplication, according to research commissioned by the FSC....
Moves by the Federal Government to introduce an enhanced register of financial advisers are being backed by the FPA and FSC....
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 ...
The FSC announces John Brogden has stepped down as Financial Services Council chief. ...
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...