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FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... would benefit their members, who account for more than half of Australia's working population. Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive, Sally Loane, said the Council has led the push for trustee independence since 2013 by requiring its members ...

Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have agreed on a new model for the industry after weeks of negotiations. Financial advisers will be encouraged to move to a ...

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... recommendations will be critical for enabling Australia to gain a comparative advantage in financial services trade." The FSC has long been a champion of promoting local financial services expertise in the wider Asia Pacific region. It says Free Trade ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have refused to comment on whether a final consensus has been reached on the way forward for risk advice reforms. This follows the report in Financial ...

Cross-border distribution low despite initiatives

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Services. Initiatives such as the Asia Region Funds Passport, which is being heavily promoted by the Financial Services Council (FSC), are yet to have a great impact. BNP Paribas Securities Services suggests that competing distribution vehicles designed ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Russell Investments and Legg Mason's Martin Currie Asia. Other organisations represented include the Financial Services Council (FSC), the Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee and Japan-Australia Business Cooperation Committee. FSC chief executive ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is backing the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption to remove laws that deny employees a choice of superannuation fund. FSC chief executive, Sally Loane, said super must be decoupled from the ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... consultative process" similar to the one that led to the implementation of a financial adviser register. Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said that the organisation feels "very optimistic that this will resolve in reform." ...

Government needs to allow retail default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
In its final Financial System Inquiry (FSI) submission to the Treasury, the Financial Services Council (FSC) has petitioned Government to allow APRA-approved MySuper funds into the default superannuation market. Arguing that the current system stifles ...