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It's time for super to move on: Combet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Industry Super Australia chair Greg Combet. Speaking at the opening session on day two of the Financial Services Council Summit in Sydney this morning, Combet said that given the super system is responsible for the prospect of Australia becoming a net ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... on a panel discussing the investment landscape for Australia's fund managers to kick off the Financial Services Council Summit in Sydney this morning, Pearce was asked about the impact of climate change on super funds, and how the $80 billion UniSuper ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... Australians can get up to half a million dollars of life cover without disclosing genetic tests. The Financial Services Council approved a moratorium on genetic tests in life insurance following consultation with the insurance industry. FSC chief executive ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... the benefit of banning grandfathered commissions to its clients instead of retaining it, the Financial Services Council Summit heard. BT Financial Group general manager advice Michael Wright told Financial Standard the exact form in which the clients ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... was a key message from PwC asset and wealth management leader Craig Cummins as he opened the Financial Services Council Summit in Melbourne this morning. Setting the tone for the next two days, Cummins said while financial adviser groups and distributors ...

Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... well-recognised corporate structure vehicle - creating access to Asia's expanding middle and upper class." The Financial Services Council has long supported the introduction of this legislation. At the FSC's 2016 Leaders Summit in Melbourne, chief ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... high 60.6 and a jump in the services PMI to a six and a half year high of 56.6. With growth indications like these, financial markets have every reason to speculate on a sooner-rather-than-later stimulus withdrawal. But the ECB's pushback is equally ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... leverages our large pool of funds under management and benefits both fund managers and investors." The Financial Services Council has long supported the introduction of this legislation. At the FSC's 2016 Leaders Summit in Melbourne, chief executive ...

Millennial disengagement dire for economy: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... chronic disengagement with their super, which in the long-term is dire for the economy, according to the Financial Services Council. Only 23% of young adults trust the superannuation industry and 57% say super fees are not transparent enough, FSC chief ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... unnecessary given the amount of substantial reforms and remediation the industry has already undertaken, the Financial Services Council said. In responding to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen's push for a Royal Commission scrutinising all elements of the ...