FSC
Financial planning
The financial planning industry is not expecting a bipartisan report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) reviewing the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) legislation...
Financial planning
FSC places $1 billion price tag on TASA implementation as PJC weighs competing submissions from accounting and planning industries....
Life/Risk
AFA insists any examination of churn and self-regulation must look beyond the adviser channel....
Life/Risk
The FSC says it will resume development of self-regulation on churn from the position previously reached on claw-back. ...
Life/Risk
The Federal Opposition says that so far as churn exists in the life/risk sector it should be subject to a self-regulatory approach....
Funds management
The FSC has opposed further regulation of licensed trustee companies following proposals put forward by CAMAC with regards to charitable trusts....
Superannuation
New FSC analysis points to declines in employer super contributions in two out of the past three quarters....
Financial planning
AFA chief executive Brad Fox says the AFA will re-engage with the FSC around churn but that the major insurers must also ante up....
Life/Risk
Letter from Shorten and consultation with ASIC prompts FSC to reopen moves for self-regulation around churn. ...
Superannuation
APRA defers key element of SuperStream data collection to second half of next year....
Superannuation
The Opposition dismisses as “hysterical” the reaction to its decision to extend the phase-in over the SG rise....
Editorial
With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has appointed three new board directors, including Geoff Lloyd, FSC director from 2008-10....
Financial planning
FSC senior adviser, Cecilia Storniolo has pointed to the differences in treatment between accountants and planners on TASA....
Superannuation
The financial services industry is calling for a bipartisan approach to the newly announced super changes, with many raising concerns about complexity. ...
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