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Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... change and a new Advice Competency Standards Board should lead the transformation, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new body would oversee the development of competency standards, adviser education and the register of advisers ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... agency should be established to progress the global export of our funds management industry, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said in its second round submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new body, as envisaged by the FSC, would ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... Harcourt is a member of the annual wage review rather than the superannuation expert panel, the Financial Services Council (FSC) yesterday took the opportunity to attack the credibility of the FWC commission, calling it a 'shambles'. "The FWC process ...

Super contributions back to pre-crisis levels

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... they've been since the on-set of the global financial crisis, according to a research report by the Financial Services Council (FSC). Total contributions for the 2013-14 year were $95 billion, up 7.4% from the previous year. A This compares to growth ...

FSC: Appoint an ASIC commissioner for international issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the Financial System Inquiry to consider the appointment of a new ASIC commissioner to deal with international regulatory issues and for an agency to be established to coordinate and promote financial ...

Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... according to the Superannuation Sentiment Index 2014, conducted jointly by ING Direct and the Financial Services Council (FSC). Sixty-one per cent of respondents said they were proud of the super system, compared to 55% in 2013, while 64% said the system ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... second of a two-part special. We also profile ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee and cover this year's Financial Services Counctil (FSC) conference in Cairns. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app free from the ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... services executive made the comments at a breakfast event in Cairns marking the closing day of the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s annual conference. Caton's comments echo those of Mercer senior partner David Knox, who spoke at one of the conference's ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

General advice is not advice: Rantall

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... that this ethos must be infused in the vertically integrated business's culture. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSC Annual ConferenceA here.