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FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) believes Senator Mathias Cormann is unlikely to maintain the same portfolio combination he has held in opposition when Prime Minister elect Tony Abbot announces his government. Speaking at the Alternative Investment ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Mathias Cormann in place where he is. He's done a fantastic job and understands all the issues," the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. The financial planning space also acknowledged Cormann's work with the industry bodies. ...

Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... saw their biggest fall in the 2013 June quarter since the global financial crisis, according to Financial Services Council (FSC) chief economist James Bond. The FSC's Bond Report put the figure at $489 million, or 2.4%, lower than the June quarter 2012. ...

Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Asset Management Australia managing director Brett Jollie has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Jollie joined Aberdeen in 2000, was head of European marketing at Aberdeen's Edinburgh office between 2004 and 2007 and ...

BT chief appointed as FSC board co-deputy chairman

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... Cooper, chief executive of the BT Financial Group has been appointed as co-deputy chairman of the Financial Services Council (FSC). He joins Craig Meller, managing director of AMP Financial Services who is also co-deputy chairman of the Financial Services ...

Sagging commodities see drop in foreign investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... a clear correlation between the amount of assets under sub-custody and the performance of the mining sector in Australia. FSC chief economist James Bond confirmed that the slowing commodities boom and lower interest rates were probably behind this lag. ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The "accord" between the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) has seen its first practical manifestation in a joint response to CPA Australia's report into the superannuation system. The strongly-worded response, penned ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... scheme, calling it "a retrograde step of quite enormous proportions." Speaking this morning at a Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, Bowen said that not only would the policy slug investors and superannuation policy holders to the tune ...

Next wave of SMSF growth fuelled by Gen Y

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on Treasury to loosen transparency requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms, including the product dashboard, portfolio holdings disclosure requirements, and Product Disclosure Statement ...