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Superannuation

The FSC has hit back at ISA claims about banks offering incentives for default fund selection....

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Superannuation

The FWC’s default superannuation fund selection process would cost fund members $400 million in unnecessary duplication, according to research commissioned by the FSC....

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Policy & Regulation

Moves by the Federal Government to introduce an enhanced register of financial advisers are being backed by the FPA and FSC....

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Financial planning

Industry advocate groups have broadly welcomed the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report’s vow to lift the education bar for advisers, but one has questioned the ...

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Financial planning

The FSC announces John Brogden has stepped down as Financial Services Council chief. ...

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Financial planning

The further Senate Commmittee process initiated by the Federal Opposition will simply be another in a long list starting in 2009....

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Financial planning

The FSC said Australian funds managers will gain cross-border access, and the financial services sector will benefit from the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreeme...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) response to the Commonwealth Bank financial planning fallout has elicited a scathing retort from the Association of Independent...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Korea to foster financial services trade and investment between Australia and Korea....

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC says the Government’s FOFA changes announcement means its time to end the scare-mongering. ...

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Superannuation

The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....

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Financial planning

The FSC has won its Federal Court case challenging the make-up of the FWC’s expert superannuation panel....

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Policy & Regulation

Lawyers representing the Financial Services Council have asked the FWC president, Justice Iain Ross, to clarify his intentions on the expert panel selecting default funds...

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Policy & Regulation

The controversial Federal Court dispute between the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Fair Work Commission (FWC) may be defused by a letter from FWC president, Jus...

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Superannuation

Provisions to increase the age at which Australians can access their superannuation are being supported by the Financial Service Council, but only if early access arrange...

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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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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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