FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Editorial

With the Australian Securities and Investments Commission having fired a shot over the bows of the industry on the question of churn, the Risk Store’s Sue Laing argues th...

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Life/Risk

FSC chief executive John Brogden has once again called upon the life insurance industry to heed ASIC’s warning and self-regulate on churn while it can....

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Financial planning

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell suggests embracing the purpose of FOFA is necessary for planning to become a profession....

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Life/Risk

John Brogden said the industry’s failure to self-regulate on churn carries the risk of regulator action....

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Superannuation

Most seniors want Government to leave super alone, and not just tax concessions....

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Financial planning

With next week’s FOFA event having sold out, Money Management is now offering a webstream....

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Superannuation

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

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Funds management

The Australian funds management industry is the fourth largest in the world and has reached its $2 trillion milestone at the end of last year....

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Financial planning

In what promises to be one of the most comprehensive debates around the shape of the financial planning industry in a Federal election year, Money Management has joined w...

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Life/Risk

We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has cited the opposition of key Labor figures to reinforce its case for the Governnment to stop tinkering with super....

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Financial planning

FSC's John Brogden offers to have the industry co-fund a public education campaign on the value of advice....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council's backdown on its 'churning' policy has been welcomed by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) will not go ahead with its application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to have its insurance churning policy ap...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is set to seek class order relief from provisions in the Trade Practices Act in order to implement its anti-churning policy, accordin...

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