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Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... TASA commencement date by 12 months is the most sensible outcome for consumers and the industry," Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. The legislation will be voted this week in Parliament and after that the industry will ...

FSC appoints three board directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... 2008 to 2010 and has rejoined the board. "We welcome the breadth and depth of experience these directors bring to the FSC board," FSC chairman Peter Maher said. Maher reminded that the directors join the FSC board "at a time of significant transformation ...

Trustee liability issues surface at PJC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... making fund directors - whether individual or collectively as trustees - more accountable, the Financial Services Council (FSC) is concerned that there are problems with how the Bill defines the link between investment loss and the legal responsibility ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... example of whole-of-industry cooperation," said AIST CEO Fiona Reynolds. Women in Super chair Cate Wood also welcomed the FSC's involvement in the launch of the initiative and their announcement at the event of the FSC's own policy initiatives to improve ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... majority of directors on superannuation trustee boards must be independent. The draft policy, which will become mandatory for FSC members after 1 July 2014, provided a definition of independence, requiring that directors not be substantial shareholders ...

Joyce Phillips appointed to FSC board

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... Craig Meller, who joined Investment Management Australia's chief executive officer, Greg Cooper, as deputy chair. The FSC Board also recently appointed Commonwealth Bank's group executive of wealth management, Annabel Spring as a director of the Financial ...

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... trustee boards must be independent, under draft superannuation governance policy released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) this morning. An independent director must also chair the trustee board, and board decisions can only be made if there is ...

MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... concerns. In a joint submission, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Industry Super Network (ISN) have flagged issues in the ...

FSC elects deputy chairman

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... his extensive financial services industry experience to bear in the formation of industry policy and leadership." The FSC Board also appointed Commonwealth Bank's group executive of wealth management, Annabel Spring as a director of the Financial Services ...

FSC appoints Vanguard head to board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... player in the Australian funds management industry and John's experience in the US and Australia will add greatly to the FSC Board," said FSC's chairman, Peter Maher, group head, Banking & Financial Services Group of Macquarie Bank. "Brian Bissaker made ...