FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Editorial

As the Federal Treasury works to find common ground on financial services reform, Mike Taylor suggests that an examination of those being consulted raises as many questio...

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Financial planning

Senate estimates has been told that ASIC has used its coercive powers nearly 17,000 times in the past three years....

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Financial planning

Industry funds want common protocols for reporting investment returns....

Financial planning

Investor sentiment has slipped slightly further into negative territory in the most recent quarter, according to the latest Financial Services Council (FSC)/CoreData Inve...

Editorial

The insurance industry carries legacy remuneration structures from the days of tied agents. Robert Keavney argues that they reduce industry profitability, contribute to u...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is set to take the next steps in transitioning from an industry organisation to a professional association....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has urged the industry to adopt a common agenda to deal with the new dynamic in Canberra....

Policy & Regulation

Perpetual’s departing chief executive and retiring chairman back MySuper and FOFA proposals....

Financial planning

While the results of the Federal Election have finally been decided, the future of Labor's proposed changes to financial advice and superannuation remain uncertain. Lucin...

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Financial planning

Accountant advisers are preparing their arguments against reforms which would see them prohibited from receiving any form of asset based fee, from as early as 1 July next...

Financial planning

The now confirmed Gillard Government must “move quickly” to finalise details regarding reforms to the financial advice industry, according to FPA chief Mark R...

Financial planning

Australian chief investment officers are only mildly optimistic about the investment outlook over the next year, amid concerns about the slowdown of the American and Euro...

Editorial

Tim Browne explains why CommInsure opposes a ban on commissions....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is facing pressure to report on its use of an extensive set of data collected from the financial services indu...

Financial planning

Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...

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