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Financial planning

The further Senate Commmittee process initiated by the Federal Opposition will simply be another in a long list starting in 2009....

Financial planning

The FSC said Australian funds managers will gain cross-border access, and the financial services sector will benefit from the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreeme...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) response to the Commonwealth Bank financial planning fallout has elicited a scathing retort from the Association of Independent...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Korea to foster financial services trade and investment between Australia and Korea....

Policy & Regulation

The FSC says the Government’s FOFA changes announcement means its time to end the scare-mongering. ...

Superannuation

The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....

Financial planning

The FSC has won its Federal Court case challenging the make-up of the FWC’s expert superannuation panel....

Policy & Regulation

Lawyers representing the Financial Services Council have asked the FWC president, Justice Iain Ross, to clarify his intentions on the expert panel selecting default funds...

Policy & Regulation

The controversial Federal Court dispute between the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Fair Work Commission (FWC) may be defused by a letter from FWC president, Jus...

Superannuation

Provisions to increase the age at which Australians can access their superannuation are being supported by the Financial Service Council, but only if early access arrange...

Financial planning

The FSC claims the cost of providing financial advice has risen 33 per cent post-FOFA and the Government’s amendments will reduce this by a third....

Superannuation

FSC argues that Government should lift the super preservation age in line with lifting the pension age....

People & Products

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed AMP group executive insurance and superannuation Pauline Blight-Johnston to its board....

Superannuation

In the rush to put money in superannuation, other investment vehicles with concessionary tax benefits have been overlooked. Income bonds have become one of the forgotten ...

Superannuation

The Budget has a slap at default fund processes, cutting funding to modern awards....

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