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Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... year, 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 ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... these have been costly to implement but will provide measurable efficiency gains over coming years. Financial Services Council chairman Greg Cooper echoed Herbert Smith Freehills' stance on the Grattan report. "The way the data was presented within 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 ...

General advice is not advice: Rantall

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... sales', Financial Planning Association chief executive Mark Rantall has said. Speaking to a full house of Financial Services Council conference delegates, Rantall responded to the question, "What do you think of the term general advice?" with a pithy ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... an end to the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default funds. The call, made at the Financial Services Council conference, will be a particularly hard blow to industry funds, as ACCI represents many of the employer groups who sit on their ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has called for a national retirement income policy. In his keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference, Brogden said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... withdraw superannuation as a lump sum, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said. Addressing delegates at the Financial Services Council conference, the former treasurer said forcing consumers to take their super in the form of annuities was not the right ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... industry could do itself a big favour by simplifying its products enormously," he told delegates at the Financial Services Council conference on Wednesday. "I pick up a life insurance policy document and try to understand it - and I've been around for ...

Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... export industry over the next decade to ensure future employment and economic growth, chairman of the Financial Services Council Greg Cooper said in his opening address to delegates at the association's annual conference yesterday. "Selling financial ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Australian retirees to withdraw their superannuation as a lump sum. Speaking in the opening session of the Financial Services Council conference, Sherry, who is now a senior adviser at Citi Group, said the current rules need to be changed. "In my view ...