New Financial Services Council (FSC) research reveals the current financial downturn is contributing to age discrimination which, in turn, is undermining retirement incom...
The Financial Services Council has warned the PJC that FOFA will fail in its core objective - making financial advice more affordable....
The Financial Services Council has urged an appropriate transition for FOFA, warning that compliance costs will run into the millions....
The Financial Services Council has urged explicit rules around the disclosure of superannuation fund executive remuneration....
The Financial Services Council has urged explicit rules around the disclosure of superannuation fund executive remuneration....
Concern for the global investment market has deepened over the past year, as European sovereign debt and slow growth in China continues to drive market volatility, accord...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) warns FOFA tranche may restrict the ability of financial services companies to provide scalable financial advice....
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has restated his party's opposition to an increase in the superannuation guarantee but said it would not rescind an increase if it was passe...
The Government must remove a number of structural, regulatory and political issues that must be resolved before the $1.3 trillion in superannuation saving can be utilised...
New FSC/Plan for Life research confirms Australia's standing as a regional funds management hub....
The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....
The Financial Services Council has dismissed ISN research disparaging retail superannuation funds as flawed and misleading....
Patron Financial Advice has opposed a Financial Services Council proposal to introduce a binding standard for insurance business, saying it would restrict consumer choice...
The Government’s Stronger Super package has generated a mixed response from the industry....
The term 'churning', which is being used to describe a legitimate practice, defames advisers while it whitewashes the role of life companies, according to Synchron direct...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...