FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Policy & Regulation

Changes to the income tax treatment of the investment income of foreign funds will provide tax certainty for foreign investors investing in Australian managed funds, acco...

Funds management

Forum established to pursue greater co-operation between the South Korean and Australian funds management industries....

Financial planning

The FSC has announced its life insurance members will be fast tracking enquiries and advance-paying policies for flood victims....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry has ended 2010 amid just as much uncertainty as the beginning of the year, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

The replacement of outgoing Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch by Godfrey Pembroke chief Mark Rantall attracted criticism from some quarters of the industry...

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Editorial

As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association has outlined a radical agenda in its attempt to evolve into a professional association but, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate transf...

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Superannuation

Rice Warner suggests measures to close the female retirement incomes adequacy gap....

Financial planning

The entry-level requirements for the provision of financial advice may soon be lifted from their very low base, with the corporate regulator undertaking consultation with...

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Superannuation

New Financial Services Council research has revealed the degree to which Australia’s retirement savings gap has widened....

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Financial planning

Asia’s funds management industry strongly endorses the proposed development of an ‘Asia Funds Passport’, which would allow Australia to gain access to i...

Financial planning

A leading superannuation body has responded to industry calls for regulatory intervention in investment labelling and promotion by claiming industry-wide agreement on the...

Superannuation

Shorten has issued an assurance that the shape of MySuper is not a fait accompli....

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Financial planning

A number of advisers and dealer group heads have expressed frustration at a perceived lack of support from the funds management industry in protecting advisers against de...

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People & Products

The head of the banking and financial services group at Macquarie Bank, Peter Maher, has been elected chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at its annual gener...

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