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Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new code, released today, goes beyond what is required by law, mandating FSC members to improve disclosure to customers, provide greater transparency in communications, decide claims within set timeframes, limit ...

Life insurance adviser group hits out at FSC priorities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... the LIF debate. "The FSC's proposals will result in alarming competitive advantage being gifted to the big banks and FSC members."

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... fee being around 60 basis points. These rank as some of the lowest fees charged globally as evidenced in a study of FSC members managing $7 trillion which we produced for the Financial System Inquiry." In some ways, this is unsurprising, given the wider ...

FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... MySuper products has outperformed industry funds since the beginning of the regime in January 2014. It calculated that FSC members' funds averaged net returns of 3.4% compared to industry funds at 3.18% since the commencement of MySuper. FSC director ...

Brogden leaves FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
John Brogden will step down as chief executive of the Financial Services Council (FSC) at the end of the year, FSC chairman Greg Cooper has announced. Brogden leaves the role to take up a position as chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... whether the AMSF would ever get off the ground. The FSC may have had the big platforms providers - most of whom are FSC members - in mind when it called for a 'level playing field'. ASIC is currently taking submissions on its consultation paper (CP 208) ...

Finance to fill export gap as mining boom sags

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... particularly in Asia, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC) DST CEO Survey. Fifty-five chief executives - all FSC members - participated in the survey, which sought to capture their views on the challenges and issues their businesses face. ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... said. The survey received 63 responses, and 19 confidential interviews were conducted with CEO's of companies that are FSC members. The FSC represents Australia's retail and wholesale fund management business, retail super funds, life insurers and financial ...

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

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... said. The FSC will include a new board diversity policy in its superannuation governance standard. From 1 July 2013 FSC members will need to develop and implement a board diversity policy with measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity. Both ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... 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 in the organisation ...