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FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... advisers, as their barriers to providing advice have gone up and the consumers," said Klipin. The Financial Services Council (FSC) agreed that the reforms would increase the cost of financial advice and reduce its availability to consumers. The FSC did ...

ANZ Wealth head joins FSC

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... banking in Australia and Europe, John will be a valued contributor to the Financial Services Council Board," said Peter Maher, FSC chairman.

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... the removal of unintended impediments to the issuance of deferred lifetime annuities, with the Financial Services Council (FSC) now supporting that stance. Within the FSC's pre-budget submission to the Government released last month, the body asked for ...

Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Industry Super Network (ISN) has come out in favour of the yearly renewal framework while the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) have stridently opposed it, backing an alternative three-year method where ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... saving of $1 billion each year, according to research conducted by Ernst & Young on behalf of the Financial Services Council (FSC). The FSC supported the draft proposal and the use of TFNs by super funds and the Australian Taxation Office to assist in ...

Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... investment funds. It will also support exchanges, organise meetings, seminars, investor awareness and reciprocal visits. AFMA, FSC and KOFIA see the alliance as a means to move forward with their joint work to develop linkages between Asia-Pacific securities ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a model for assisting dealer groups and financial planners affected by the QLD flood crisis - and the same model is being adopted by its insurer members. FSC members are currently paying, in advance ...

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... be made available for inspection on request, within seven days of receiving the query. Meanwhile Suncorp, a member of the FSC, said media representatives should go directly to the firm's media unit. People who contact the call centre will be put through ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Financial Services Council (FSC) appoints Macquarie Bank executive, Peter Maher, as chairman after the former chair retires. Maher, Macquarie bank's head of banking and financial services group, will take on the role of chairman at the FSC as part of ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... interesting to see whether they take that to the parliament," said John Brodgen, chief executive of the Financial Services Council (FSC). "Clearly across a number of areas they will be reviewing their priorities because of the hung parliament," he continued. ...