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Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... of gross state product (GSP) and is the fastest growing state in Australia, while in Victoria the figure is 10.4% of GSP. FSC chief executive John Brogden said financial services industry was now larger than mining and manufacturing. " While growth in ...

Sally Loane new CEO of the Financial Services Council

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Former journalist Sally Loane has been appointed chief executive officer of the Financial Services Council (FSC) effective 8 December to replace the outgoing current chief executive John Brogden. Brogden is leaving to take up the role of chief executive ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... battle between industry funds and the retail sector has re-ignited as the retail sector, led by the Financial Services Council (FSC), steps up its campaign to have superannuation removed from industrial awards and have all MySuper products eligible to ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... professional indemnity insurance, fewer than 10% had personal insurance. Research published by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and MetLife last March showed 35% of Australian workers had no disability insurance and 19% of families did not have any ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... measured. We are the person that clients call when their financial stability is at risk." The Financial Services Council (FSC), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... superannuation from awards centres on the idea of increased competition. In a speech given this week to the National Press Club, FSC chief executive John Brogden said: "The Government has a genuine opportunity to further reduce fees in superannuation ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address issues such as the quality of advice, product design and remuneration structures which ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Whiteley made these two proposals in an address to the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday. Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden also spoke at the event, arguing that ISA's proposed measures would "restrict competition ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... this." As a response to the report the AFA has set up a joint life insurance working group with the Financial Services Council (FSC) which will deliver an interim report in December and a final report in 2015. The first meeting of the working group will ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... need to take the issues raised seriously. Fox told media that a working group with ASIC and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will meet on October 27 and is expected to issue an interim report in December.