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FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... Financial Services Council yesterday said it would seek an extension to a Federal Government inquiry. Financial Services Council (FSC) senior policy manager Eve Brown said that the charitable trust industry currently operates as a "dual market," where ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... (FoFA) and Stronger Super even pass a simple cost-benefit test, said John Brogden, chief executive, Financial Services Council (FSC). The FSC's annual survey, conducted with technology provider DST Solutions, focuses on key issues that effect companies ...

Super fund contribs down a third in June quarter

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... meaning contributions were lower than would usually be expected given the usual seasonal pattern. The decline in both the FSC's seasonally adjusted series between June and September, and the decline on the same quarter in 2011 only reinforce the underlying ...

MySuper tranche three clears House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... (ASIT), Industry Super Network (ISN), The Association of Superannuation Trustees (ASFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC), the statement also said the new rules would encourage people to be more engaged with their super. "For those who don't engage ...

CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... on the legislation that lets people to take their super between Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said it was important that private pensions could be transferred as we move towards a single market. Last year approximately ...

Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... government changed tax laws in 2010, a study has shown. The two year study was commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and The Trust Company to find out if there had been an increase after changes to managed investment trust taxation in ...

Life commission clawback forced on advisers: Synchron

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... said independent dealer group Synchron. Synchron, which has previously threatened to take the Financial Services Council (FSC) to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, has hit out again, saying it would support a new model for adviser remuneration ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... regulations are expected before the end of the year," said John Brogden, chief executive officer, Financial Services Council (FSC). Significant compliance costs could be passed on to investors, especially in superannuation, he said. "It is essential ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... in place all the recommendations suggested in the Johnson Report by the end of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government released its 'Australia in the Asian Century' white paper last week, John Brogden, chief executive ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... example of whole-of-industry cooperation," said AIST CEO Fiona Reynolds. Women in Super chair Cate Wood also welcomed the FSC's involvement in the launch of the initiative and their announcement at the event of the FSC's own policy initiatives to improve ...