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Life/Risk

Both the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have signalled to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the future o...

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Life/Risk

The industry has an opportunity to reduce the cost of advice and to make the process more efficient and profitable for life/risk advisers, according to MLC....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has lent its weight to the SMSF Association’s push to clear the way for self-managed funds to invest in infrastructure....

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Life/Risk

The FSC has announced the extension of the frontline healthcare workers and total permanent disability claims initiatives until 1 January, 2021. ...

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People & Products

It has appointed four new fund managers to its board and established a new board committee, the Fund Management Board Committee, to drive the strategic policy direction o...

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Financial planning

The Australian government needs to remove excessive taxes that penalise investors in financial services, according to the Financial Services Council. ...

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry’s own Life Code Compliance Committee has slammed the insurers for being so inconsistent that the committee has been unable to deliver meaningf...

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Life/Risk

New data analysed by KPMG has confirmed insurers have paid out double the number of disability claims for policies sold through financial advisers....

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Financial planning

Research from the Financial Services Council shows 70% of New Zealanders are unprepared for retirement and there was a strong link to money and well-being. ...

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Financial planning

Australian superannuation funds may be talking the talk on ESG but a new study suggests they are not always walking the walk in using their voting power....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has welcomed the new legislation but is disappointed the laws also create unnecessary tax compliance burden on Australia’s managed funds....

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Policy & Regulation

NSW Liberal Senator and former Financial Services Council policy executive, Andrew Bragg has denied a letter he wrote to constituents on early release superannuation is t...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has issued an undertaking on behalf of the major life insurers covering the rights of frontline health and other workers in the face of COV...

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Superannuation

There was no consultation with major superannuation fund organisations about the Government’s plan to allow people early access to their superannuation, prompting funds t...

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Superannuation

The Government’s income support package to help Australians in financial hardship brought by COVID-19 has been welcomed by the FSC that stressed that super should not be ...

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