FSC

Financial planning

The FSC has declared it will research whether FOFA actually delivered on making advice more accessible and affordable....

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Editorial

The Federal Government has lost sight of the long-run Budget benefit of encouraging retirement incomes self-sufficiency by lowering the concessional super contribution ca...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services has given the Federal Budget a mixed reaction, welcoming some changes and condemning others as misdirected....

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Editorial

Financial planners and their clients face an inevitable period of uncertainty at a time of continuing volatility if the Government moves for a double dissolution election...

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Financial planning

Key consumer groups have been given a chair at the table of the FSC’s Life Insurance Code of Practice processes....

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Financial planning

The award winners for the Financial Services Council’s fourth annual Life Insurance Awards have been announced....

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Financial planning

ClearView has challenged the standing of the FSC to develop a Life Code or APL Standard....

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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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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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