FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

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 ...

Superannuation

It’s too early to tell what the outcome will be for proposed superannuation reform with so many election scenarios still possible, according to several major indust...

Life/Risk

Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...

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Superannuation

The Coalition’s superannuation policy released this week has drawn mixed reviews, with several major industry bodies expressing disappointment at the policy for bei...

Financial planning

Responsible Investment skills are becoming career essentials for financial services industry professionals around the globe, according to the Responsible Investment Acade...

Financial planning

There is a definite future for non-aligned dealer groups in a changing financial services environment that will present opportunities for consolidation and the acquisitio...

Superannuation

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has yet to commit to the Opposition's stance on an increase in the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent, and has also taken aim at J...

Financial planning

The Cooper Review is focused almost exclusively on fee reductions through the introduction of the “paternalistic” MySuper, while ignoring the importance of fi...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council conference has been told that the group life sector will expand by upwards of 60 per cent over the next half decade....

Financial planning

Improving financial literacy of consumers remains a critical challenge for Australia’s financial services industry, according to Brett Jollie, managing director of ...

Financial planning

The research supporting ESG investments needs to be more transparent, according to industry investments and governance specialist, Robert Fowler....

Life/Risk

An AIA executive has warned of the need to understand different demographics when insurers seek to expand into Asia....

Policy & Regulation

Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has argued that the Cooper Review’s MySuper proposals will be unnecessary if the FOFA changes are implemente...

Financial planning

Stark differences exist between the financial services policies of the Government and the Coalition, according to the Minister for Financial Services, Chris Bowen....

Financial planning

A new survey of financial services CEOs reveals they expect further industry consolidation and fewer planners....

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