FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Superannuation

The adoption of lifetime super caps represent a necessary prerequisite for any future Government move to encourage income streams. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos says there are too many organisations representing super and it’s time to blow it up and start from scratch....

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Editorial

There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...

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Financial planning

ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...

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Editorial

In a two-horse race at the forthcoming Federal Election, Mike Taylor writes that financial services companies are mainly backing self-interest. ...

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Accounting

Accountants looking to gain authorised representative status under the new limited licensing regime are being quoted figures of between $4000 and $6000 a year for the pri...

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Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Chris Bowen, made a very good point when addressing the recent Financial Services Council annual conference: in 1996 the then Federal Opposition pr...

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Superannuation

SMSF representative bodies will be included in a forum being convened in an effort to create a common approach to superannuation policy in Australia. ...

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Superannuation

FSC claims inactive super grab inconsistent with reforms...

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Accounting

Count Financial chief executive David Lane predicts influx of accountants to swell the ranks of planners. ...

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Superannuation

Newly elected FSC chairman Greg Cooper said the Coalition’s financial services policies would deliver certainty and stability to Australian retirees....

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Superannuation

Industry bodies agree to work together to promote super as ‘united voice’....

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Financial planning

Becoming a true profession will help the financial planning industry get rid of its bad apples, according to Perpetual chief executive Geoff Lloyd....

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Financial planning

The FSC has announced a long-term alliance with First Nations Foundation to expand its financial literacy program for indigenous Australians....

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Superannuation

Federal Treasurer claims a Coalition Government will never deliver on a 12 per cent super guarantee....

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