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Martin Codina to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Financial Services Council (FSC) director of Policy and International Markets Martin Codina will join BT Financial Group in the New Year. Codina will resign from his post at FSC and become BT's head of Government and Industry Affairs. "Martin has broad ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... best performing funds." However, Martin Codina, director of policy and international markets at the Financial Services Council (FSC), said that there are 122 different awards. "That means a superannuation fund provider that wants to have their MySuper ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... work very hard to find an alternative," she said. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have also made submissions to the committee calling for a rethink on the LISC. The collective voice of these industry ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Financial Services Council, Sinodinos said the debate about independent directors had its origins in "historical conflicts", saying there had been a ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... threshold. Among the bodies calling for a rethink are the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... pension to 70 years old has received a mixed reaction from financial services industry bodies. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is in favour of raising the preservation age for superannuation and it argued that it will relieve "the increasing strain ...

David Murray to head financial system inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... inquiry to publish an interim report by September 2014 and deliver a final report by November 2014. The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the appointment of Murray as the "right person at the right time" and said the draft terms of reference ...

ISA and FSC at odds over super tax changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... through super at $100,000 a year. Earnings breaching this threshold would have been taxed at 15%. The Financial Services Council (FSC), however, welcomed the decision, saying it would return "certainty and stability to superannuation policy". "The former ...

Govt confirms SG delay, kills LICS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... which amounts to an annual $500 boost to superannuation for those earning less than $37,000 a year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) has commended the Government for confirming its commitment to increase the SG but the Industry Super Australia (ISA) ...

ISN-FSC accord has its limits: Whiteley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... David Whiteley. Since the announcement of an accord between the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) in July, there has been speculation about how deep this cooperation will go. But Whiteley insists it is not a "unity ...