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FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

FSC appoints new chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) board has elected a new chairman who will take over the role on August 1. Schroders Australia chief executive Greg Cooper will replace Peter Maher, who is expected to retire as chairman of the FSC on July 31. "I ...

Finance to fill export gap as mining boom sags

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... replace mining as Australia's next major export industry, particularly in Asia, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC) DST CEO Survey. Fifty-five chief executives - all FSC members - participated in the survey, which sought to capture their ...

FoFA still in need of changes: industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... organisations representing the financial services sector are asking for adjustments to FoFA. The Financial Services Council (FSC) specified that the best interest duty is one of the aspects that needs to change. "The Best Interests Duty provision needs ...

But industry bodies see FoFA delay "unlikely"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... have said a delay of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation asked for yesterday by the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden is "unlikely". An extension of FoFA to July 1, 2014, would require changes to the legislation ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has asked new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a last-minute delay to the commencement of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and StrongerSuper reforms. Due to begin on July 1, the FSC has lobbied for a 12-month delay ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

MetLife CEO to join Financial Services Council board

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... the chief executive of MetLife Australia, has been appointed as a director to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Peter Maher, chairman of the FSC welcomed the appointment at a time of change in the financial services industry. "We welcome ...

Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... TASA commencement date by 12 months is the most sensible outcome for consumers and the industry," Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. The legislation will be voted this week in Parliament and after that the industry will ...