FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Financial planning

The FSC has called for a statute of limitations on group disability claims to help stabilise premium pricing....

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Financial planning

ASIC promises comprehensive rebuttal of claims made by a former employee about undue influence in the granting of relief around online calculators....

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Financial planning

Recognition for companies and individuals in FSC Life Awards....

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Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

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Financial planning

The president of the Fair Work Commission has rebuffed FSC calls to cease its review of default funds under modern awards....

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Editorial

The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...

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Policy & Regulation

Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC has obtained legal advice from a Senior Counsel confirming the Government’s FOFA changes will not undermine client best interest or consumer protections....

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Financial planning

FSC chief executive John Brogden has written to the FWC president arguing the default fund review process should cease. ...

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Superannuation

Just days after standing down two of three superannuation experts over perceptions of conflicts of interest, the Fair Work Commission has decided to proceed on its defaul...

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Life/Risk

High levels of under-insurance are raising social security costs, with more than a third having no disability insurance....

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Financial planning

Two members of the FWC’s expert super panel have been removed due to perceived conflicts of interest....

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Superannuation

The FSC has warned that around 500,000 people could have their superannuation-related insurance impacted by lifting the lost-member super threshold to $6000....

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Superannuation

As the Fair Work Commission president considers conflict of interest issues with respect to his specialist superannuation panel, it is revealed the Government had a choic...

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Financial planning

Money Management breakfast will see Kell and Bushby traverse the future of financial services regulation....

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