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Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
2015 has already been a bumper year in financial services policy with super front and centre. Reforms to improve superannuation governance, competition and transparency appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... cannot be sustained and that superannuation will play a key role in addressing the issue, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said. Reacting to the release of the report, FSC chief executive Sally Loane argued that it is a clear signal the status quo ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... only 12% of the worldwide funds under management, Asia has an enormous potential to increase its access to managed funds," FSC chief executive Sally Loane said. "We have only just scratched the surface in exploiting our comparative advantages in financial ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... for the Age Pension and the tax treatment of super debate can't be brought up in isolation, the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane said in her inaugural speech. "The expectation should be that super is a replacement for the ...

Australia fails to attract foreign investors: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... preventing Australia from exporting managed funds and its skills in managing foreign capital, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its pre-budget submission. The FSC asked the government to consider ways to enhance the export potential of Australia's ...

Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... Anderson highlighted that the Life Insurance Working Group, a joint initiative by the AFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC), has set the discussion up over adviser remuneration in life insurance advice. Following criticism by Industry Super Australia ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group, set up by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advice (AFA), said in its interim report that "a no commission arrangement has not ...

Industry insurance report to focus on advice remuneration model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The final report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) life insurance working group will largely focus on risk advisers' remuneration structures. The report is expected to be completed before March 31 ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... activity over the last few months still needs to translate into economic growth. According to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond, the retail sector will be the next to benefit from construction growth, as "people first buy a ...