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Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
New modelling from the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that up to 1.8 million Australians currently in the workforce could be impacted by the proposed superannuation tax under one of the four scenarios. The four scenarios consist of: $3 million ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) says superannuation funds have the power to provide a sophisticated and personalised approach to meet members' retirement needs and must prioritise this amid the government applying pressure via the Retirement ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing with the Financial Services Council. Responding to concerns that collective charging rules might allow the new class of adviser to provide holistic retirement ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... engagement and lead to better outcomes for more members up to and throughout retirement." Also commenting, Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Layers of red tape and onerous regulation has meant that financial advice now costs ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... of Lion. Previously, he was the chair of the Investment and Financial Services Association (now the Financial Services Council), the Australian government's Fintech Advisory Group and Stone and Chalk. Notably, he was the chief executive of AMP between ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... doesn't, however, extend to breaches of client money rules or clearing and settlement regulations. The Financial Services Council (FSC), which is urging both sides of parliament to adopt a deregulation agenda, welcomed the proposal, saying that cutting ...

ART, MLC AM, HESTA name directors

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... years at the firm. She also sits on the board of the Australian Military Bank and is the chair of the Financial Services Council Diversity Working Group for the Funds Management Board Committee. Finally, HESTA has added a paediatrician and senior health ...

Australians don't trust politicians with their super: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... opposition, according to a new nationwide poll. The nationally representative poll, commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and conducted by political strategy and research firm CT Group, also revealed that the government's push to implement ...

Jones instigates CSLR review, levy hits $70m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... prohibitive for many ordinary Australians. The cost of providing financial advice is already considerable." Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs said the review should consider whether the scheme should continue to compensate ...