FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry has turned its attention to the parliamentary independents in the wake of the failure of the PJC reviewing the FOFA bills....

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Editorial

The Australian financial services industry is facing some serious challenges through 2012 – something which Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden pointe...

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Policy & Regulation

The Government is expected to announce variable transitionary arrangements around the implementation of FOFA....

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Life/Risk

The desire by superannuation fund members to retain small balance accounts to access insurance benefits poses a challenge with respect to auto-consolidation....

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Superannuation

New Financial Services Council research backs benefits of auto-consolidation of superannuation accounts....

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Superannuation

While Challenger has sought to put annuities on the agenda for the first Superannuation Roundtable meeting, the FPA is pushing its own line on concessional contributions ...

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....

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Policy & Regulation

Regulatory uncertainty is causing the financial planning industry to contract and dissuading young graduates from taking up the profession, according to FSC chief John Br...

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Policy & Regulation

FOFA bills still risk making financial advice more inaccessible, says Financial Services Council's John Brogden....

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Financial planning

Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...

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Editorial

Although the process involving the upcoming FOFA reforms commenced a few years ago, the reforms package still looks like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, writes Pam Roberts....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...

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Financial planning

New Financial Services Council (FSC) research reveals the current financial downturn is contributing to age discrimination which, in turn, is undermining retirement incom...

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Financial planning

The Government has ensured financial planners will have a voice at its latest superannuation roundtable....

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