FSC
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council has announced it will consult with the industry on a policy to address the practice of churning in life insurance....
Superannuation
The superannuation guarantee will gradually increase from 9 per cent to 12 per cent over the next seven years, following the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax thr...
Financial planning
The Coalition has expressed disbelief the FPA may have done a deal with the ISN conceding opt-in in exchange for other concessions including enshrining the term “financia...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has again called for the increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, this time presenting research showing that the retirement...
Policy & Regulation
The FPA and AFA will continue to press for amendments to FOFA despite the 12-month implementation period....
Financial planning
The Trustee Corporations Associations of Australia has folded into the Financial Services Council to grow its membership base....
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition has welcomed the FSC's higher corporate governance standards and has vowed to legislate for higher standards if it gains office....
Superannuation
Freya Purnell takes a closer look at what life after Stronger Super might bring to the superannuation sector....
Life/Risk
Dealer group Synchron has accused life insurance companies and the Financial Services Council of deeming all discontinued life policies as churn, and presenting figures a...
Superannuation
Member companies of the FSC will adhere to corporate governance standards higher than many believe are being met by industry super funds....
Financial planning
The latest Financial Services Council chief investment officer index reveals Europe still acting as a serious drag on sentiment....
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council has warned against the Government considering FOFA, MySuper and the Productivity Commission review in isolation....
Superannuation
Two years after APRA advocated better guidance on the appropriate risk levels for investment options within superannuation, concerns have been raised that the industry ha...
Life/Risk
Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...
Policy & Regulation
The financial services industry has turned its attention to the parliamentary independents in the wake of the failure of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills....
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