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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Super Fund Association and the National Australia Bank's report into SMSF sector is due out and the Financial Services Council and Commonwealth Bank release a study on older workers. In equities news, iiNet has a scheme meeting for a vote on the proposed ...

FSC Annual Conference kicks off August 5

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... home-grown and international industry leaders. The theme of this year's conference is 'visualise' so the Financial Services Council's is looking forward to what the future of the financial services industry will look like. The program allows delegates ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... customers" and "better [protected] consumers." Similar to the Life Insurance Framework agreed upon by the Financial Services Council, Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia, the reforms target remuneration structures ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... digitisation, face-to-face planners will remain at the heart of the company's business plan. At a joint Financial Services Council (FSC) and Deloitte luncheon in Sydney, CBA boss Narev spoke candidly about the bank's experience during the financial planning ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on the way forward for life ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC) in June, life insurers are now developing fee-for-service products for the model adopted by Findex; the ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... in allowing early super access. Following a Productivity Commission report on retirement policy, the Financial Services Council (FSC) believes Australians should consider the benefits to their retirement savings by working up to the age of 65. FSC chief ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) believes Australia's existing mix of taxation is unsustainable with an ageing population and baby boomers moving out of the workforce. Among the FSC's submission to the Tax White Paper are four key proposals including ...

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 industry collectively engages indigenous Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees; Association of Superannuation Funds; Industry Super Australia; Financial Services Council; Women in Super; AMP; MLC; GESB; Australian Super; QSuper; HESTA; First State Super; Cbus; Super SA: Vision Super; First Nations ...