FSC

Superannuation

The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...

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Funds management

A significant proportion of S&P/ASX200-listed companies need to improve their reporting of sustainability factors, as investors increasingly consider ESG risks....

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Superannuation

The Government must introduce super policies that take into account gender pay gap, and broken work patterns in women, rather than sticking to policies conducive to full-...

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane has outlined a six point super plan based on policy certainty, delivery of a 12 per cent SG by 2022 and better tar...

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Financial planning

New research confirms that financial planners are playing an integral role in the growth of the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

The FSC has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of an inquiry into elderly abuse, particularly as they are most vulnerable to financial abuse....

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council wants the States to live up to their original GST obligations by removing inefficient taxes, particularly those applying to life insurance....

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People & Products

TAL chief executive, Brett Clark has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council....

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People & Products

The Life Insurance Framework and the Life Insurance Code of Conduct will be key elements at the FSC’s annual Life Insurance Conference in March....

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC proposed a 22 per cent company tax rate in its tax reform package to boost Australia’s competitiveness while lower tax rates would be paid for by a higher GST....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has warned the Government against sacrificing national retirement savings to appease critics of the super tax concessions....

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Financial planning

The FSC is one of the founding members of a forum aiming to promote various industries including financial services in a bid to transition from the mining boom. ...

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Superannuation

Australians could be losing out when it comes to their superannuation, due to “complex industrial law” preventing them from leaving default funds....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council brands Labor Senators ‘desperate’ and ‘feeble’ for attacking APRA executive, Helen Rowell....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council’s position supporting three-year clawbacks demands that advisers take enormous leaps of faith and defies the position of some members, clai...

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