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Superannuation

Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called on policymakers to implement a ‘default once’ system to help superannuation members maintain a single ac...

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has released ground-breaking new data revealing the impact of mental health on TPD claims....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have reinforced the fact that lifting the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% has already been legislated amid suggestions that the Government’s...

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Financial planning

Australia’s investment fees and expenses is one of the best in the world, according to a report....

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Financial planning

Insurance firms should be prevented from pressuring people to buy products over the phone, according to the Financial Services Council. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has thrown its support behind extending Unfair Contract Terms regime to life insurance....

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Financial planning

There is an urgent need to end the regulatory overlap between the Tax Practitioners Board and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, according to the Finan...

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Financial planning

Advisers have an opportunity to educate New Zealanders that life insurance is vital, according to the Financial Services Council of New Zealand....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council of New Zealand has released a new discussion paper which aims to identify six key issues for KiwiSaver 2050....

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Financial planning

The united approach adopted by the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers has been credited with achieving the extension of the Financia...

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Financial planning

The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services Technology, Senator Jane Hume has again stopped short of giving any undertaking on ex...

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Financial planning

Supply, demand and costs of advice, as well as the disruption of digital advice technology were the key topics discussed for the future of advice at the Financial Service...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council chairman, Geoff Lloyd, says despite the drastic changes to the industry, it is up to them to continue to adapt. ...

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Financial planning

AMP Wealth chief executive, Alex Wade, has called for an industry push to move beyond the focus on face to face advice by opening up digital channels....

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Outsider

Outsider has concluded that those organising this year’s Financial Services Council Leaders Summit have taken the view that diversity can trump relevance when it is coupl...

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