FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Superannuation

The new superannuation environment that will evolve out of the Government's MySuper changes will be debated at a special Money Management/Association of Financial Adviser...

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Superannuation

Superannuation industry bodies and Minister Shorten have welcomed the passage of the third tranche of the MySuper laws....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed legislation that supports fund mergers through an exemption on capital gains tax (CGT)....

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Superannuation

Australians and New Zealanders can consolidate their Australian and New Zealand earned retirement savings after the Federal Government passed the trans-Tasman retirement ...

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Financial planning

The financial services industry has generally welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of market integrity rules covering high frequency trading and dark pools....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has moved to review the financial market licensing regime in the context of not only high frequency trading but other changes in the financial serv...

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People & Products

AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds will leave her position to take on a new role as managing director for the UNPRI in London....

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Editorial

The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....

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Editorial

With ASIC's Peter Kell pointing to a level of life insurance policy churning to warrant regulatory concern, it is time for a clear definition of 'churn'....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...

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Life/Risk

RGA Reinsurance Company managing director Pauline Blight-Johnston will join AMP from May next year, replacing Ian Campbell in the role of director wealth protection and m...

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Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has questioned the motivations behind the Government's decision to fund an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) push to encourage...

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Life/Risk

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has denied its final report mirrors a submission endorsed by Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, and has pointed to key points of differ...

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