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ISA FoFA report sparks industry outrage

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... scare campaign on [the Future of Financial Advice] FoFA orchestrated by Industry Super Australia," the Financial Services Council (FSC) said today. In the report, ISA identified nine ways the government's amended FoFA "have brought back commissions and ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... to modify its ads has been treated as a victory by the retail super and financial advice industries. Financial Services Council director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Unless the advertisement compares like with like MySuper products, they will be meaningless ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Financial advice associations and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have applauded the "historic" ban on commissions in general advice and welcomed the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. "We are extraordinarily pleased ...

FSC leads Asia Funds Passport delegation to Korea

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council is today leading a delegation of fund managers to South Korea to discuss the Asian Region Funds Passport (ARFP) and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with Korean CEOs and officials. Parliamentary Secretary ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... invalid, and that the panel is currently incorrectly constituted according to the Fair Work Act. Both the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) have claimed a victory in the Federal Court, even though the court's orders ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Both the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) have claimed a victory in the Federal Court, even though the court's orders essentially uphold the FSC's objections. At the end of Friday's hearing over the composition of ...

Federal Court hears FSC's complaints against FWC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has put its case against the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel to the Federal Court in Sydney this morning. The FSC's counsel put forward three points challenging the current composition ...

FSC puts pressure on Ross ahead of FWC court hearing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council has challenged Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Iain Ross to declare whether he intends to stand down from the superannuation expert panel. The letter, which requests a number of clarifications on comments Ross made ...

FSC-ISA court clash to go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) Federal Court hearing against the Fair Work Commission (FWC) will proceed, despite the resignation of MTAA's Vicki Allen from the expert panel. The hearing, which will take place later this week, will involve Industry ...

Government delays SuperStream deadline

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... contributions by November 2014 at the latest. Under the new regime they have until 1 July 2015. The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the change, with chief executive John Brogden saying: "The FSC strongly supports the policy objectives of SuperStream. ...