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Career progression positive for women advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... outlook on the future of the industry. A joint study conducted by BT Financial Group (BTFG) and the Financial Services Council (FSC), which canvassed 800 respondents, found more women are opting for a career in financial advice as early as university. ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... days," the code said. The code, which operates alongside existing laws and regulations, as well as the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Code of Practice, will come into effect on 1 July 2018. The code supports preventing account balances from ...

Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... need to address an inconvenient truth: the system is wholly unprepared for retirees. Speaking at the Financial Services Council Retirement Income Products Conference in Sydney, Cooper said that even Paul Keating understood this, given that he agreed ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial Services Council's Life Insurance Code. Originally designed for consumer-facing insurance staff, the refresh aims to assist advisers in having ...

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Premium, which gives SMSFs access to US equities without charging brokerage fees. Citing data from the Financial Services Council, only 0.6% of SMSFs are invested in overseas shares versus 26.7% of industry super funds, Stake co-founder and chief executive ...

BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... will face much tougher penalties and consequences, Treasurer Scott Morrison warns. Morrison told the Financial Services Council and BT Political series breakfast this morning that the BEAR goes beyond banks writing "big cheques to absolve for any misdoings" ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... position on genetic testing and life insurance is unique, with local life companies abiding by the Financial Services Council's life insurance code of practice. This prohibits them from requiring applicants to take a genetic test and stops insurers discriminating ...

Traditional funds too apathetic to super start-ups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... with," the former AustralianSuper executive said. The sentiment is echoed in a recent report from the Financial Services Council which said the absence of competition in the default superannuation market allows trustees to avoid considering which changes ...

FSC takes aim at complacency in super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The Financial Services Council has partnered with a superannuation consultancy to take aim at what it perceives as a complacent super industry. In a report developed alongside Trustee Tailored Super (TTS), the FSC makes an argument that while the world ...

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... they are paying. In past hearings, the Committee has expressed its concerns over the limits of the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Code of Practice which doesn't cover group insurance. CommInsure, an FSC member, has adopted the code. AMP appeared ...