FSC

People & Products

Senior policy adviser, Blake Briggs has resigned his role at the Financial Services Council....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has signalled its caution with respect to Financial Services Council lobbying for insurers to be allowed to mortgage the as...

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Superannuation

Challenger’s Yash Sodhi’s ‘Smarter Super’ proposal has won him the 2017 Financial Services Council Future Leaders Award....

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Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services has signalled the development of a retirement income framework beyond the development of CIPRs....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry will need to unite behind higher educational standards and ethics and reject the noisy dissenters if it is to become a profession, Mike Ta...

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Superannuation

The default funds regime is paternalistic industrial legacy which is denying two million people a choice due to legacy enterprise agreements, according to the Financial S...

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Editorial

The Federal Opposition will be on the right track in pursuing a review of the financial services regulatory settings, but only if it aims to identify the failings while f...

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Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has announced the start of a process towards a single financial services external dispute resolution body....

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Superannuation

The FSC has suggested removing the ‘default’ super option to give employees greater opportunity to choose their own default super funds....

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Life/Risk

The Life Insurance Code of Practice regime started on 1 July and has included new minimum medical definitions....

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Superannuation

The First Home Super Savers Scheme will prompt engagement and increase salary sacrifice contributions, the FSC believes....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has declared its members do not believe they should be made to pay for the financial planning mistakes of other businesses....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council has confirmed it is no longer seeking changes to the FOFA regime and that includes opt-in, product disclosure statement and best interests....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council is willing to have the book thrown at its members if they are ever found to have offered inducements to business clients to move to bank-o...

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Life/Risk

ClearView has launched an attack on the FSC over its life insurance APL draft standard, arguing it does not tackle conflicts of interests and proves the industry cannot s...

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