FSC
Policy & Regulation
FSC chairman Peter Maher has raised concerns about the industry's ability to comply with FOFA and MySuper in the available deadlines when definitions are still not availa...
Financial planning
Operational innovation will help financial services providers remain relevant to consumers in a highly competitive market....
Financial planning
There has been a clear downward trend in superannuation fees over the past decade, with advice fees having also decreased, according to the latest Rice Warner Actuaries r...
Superannuation
FSC tells Productivity Commission that MySuper obviates the need for involvement of industrial parties in selecting default funds....
Financial planning
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has lobbied Washington for an intergovernmental agreement to resolve the FATCA debate....
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has broken new ground by ensuring CPD points will be available to delegates attending its annual conference on the Gold Coast, August 1-3....
Financial planning
A new survey has revealed significant opposition to some elements of the Financial Services Council's anti-churn policy approach....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council is concerned about how monies levied to fund SuperStream will be spent....
Life/Risk
In order to address the issue of 'churning' in life insurance, the responsibility should fall on the underwriter to determine whether to continue with an insurance policy...
Editorial
With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...
Financial planning
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten and regulators to address Financial Services Council's August national conference on the Gold Coast....
Editorial
As ASIC moves to translate the FOFA Acts into a new regulatory environment, there appears every chance that opt-in obligations may need to become an integral part of indu...
Superannuation
Industry super funds move to provide more transparency around remuneration ahead of Government-imposed obligations....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Opposition believes some segments of the financial planning industry got 'sold a dummy' on the manner in which approved industry codes of conduct would 'obvia...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has supported the view of Richard St John that a last resort compensation scheme would be 'inappropriate and counterproductive' for the fin...
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