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Life commission clawback forced on advisers: Synchron

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... second year, 75% would be paid back and if it lapses in the third year, 50% would be paid back. In August FSC CEO John Brogden said that the current system was not in the interest of all consumers. Brogden also said that the clawback process was fair ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... announcement has come at a critical time as the final FATCA regulations are expected before the end of the year," said John Brogden, chief executive officer, Financial Services Council (FSC). Significant compliance costs could be passed on to investors ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government released its 'Australia in the Asian Century' white paper last week, John Brogden, chief executive officer, FSC, called for fast action on the Johnson Report into Australia's future as a financial centre. In ...

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

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Government to provide 10 scholarship places. "Today's program launch, which was attended by Financial Services Council CEO John Brogden and the minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, is a great example of whole-of-industry cooperation," said AIST ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... that will open up Asia to Australia's world leading financial services sector at low cost to the government," said John Brogden, chief executive, Financial Services Council. In a statement yesterday following the release of the Gillard Government's Asian ...

SMSF contributions up 15%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... triggered by the improvement in the economic growth and investor confidence following the financial crisis," said John Brogden, CEO of the Financial Services Council. After falling for three consecutive years, net flows to self managed super funds increased ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... current standards that are "inadequate" and "misleading," said Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive officer John Brogden. "Presently, the data compares whole of fund data, rather than investment options. People don't invest in a fund, they ...

Cbus takes lead on trustee disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... demonstrated that major industry funds were taking the current debate about disclosure and governance seriously. John Brogden, chief executive of the Financial Services Council, which represents retail funds, congratulated Cbus and said that Cbus chairman ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... that their directors face no potential conflict of interest in terms of putting the interests of members first." John Brogden CEO with the FSC has hit back at the ISN comments, saying that its policy is a "robust framework with the highest standards ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... that the retirement shortfall caused by increasing life expectancies has been quantified, said FSC chief executive John Brogden. "We commend the government for legislating 12% superannuation contributions effective by mid-2019. However, this will not ...