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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has hit back at Industry Super Network criticism of its superannuation governance policy, claiming it adopts the highest standards availabl...

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Financial planning

The Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, will outline the Government's position at a Financial Services Council breakfast next Friday....

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Superannuation

Government's Super Roundtable told lifting superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent will significantly reduce retirement incomes shortfall....

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....

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Superannuation

New FSC research reveals Australians must work longer to bridge a $1 trillion retirement savings gap....

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Superannuation

Submissions to the Productivity Commission the reveal depth of the divide between government and industry on default funds....

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Funds management

CIO sentiment increased slightly in the September quarter, with domestic and international equities expected to perform best....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has released its superannuation governance policy, which enforces an independent chair and majority independent directors for trustees who ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have recorded their strongest growth in total contributions since the GFC, driven by high levels of compulsory employer contributions....

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Superannuation

The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance has come out in support of a recommendation put forward by the Productivity Commission in its interim report into default superann...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when FSC chief executive John Brogden announced the framework of new claw-back provisions around the sale of life policies, he reignited a debate ...

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Superannuation

The FSC argues for the elimination of industrial relations from the superannuation equation....

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Financial planning

Opposition puts regulators and industry funds on notice referencing parliamentary accountability and competitive neutrality....

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Life/Risk

Synchron has slammed the FSC's new life insurance churn policy as "disgraceful"....

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