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FSC-ISA battle recommences over MySuper data

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... net returns of 3.4% compared to industry funds at 3.18% since the commencement of MySuper. FSC director of policy Andrew Bragg said the APRA figures will allow consumers to make "apple with apple" comparisons. If the retail sector continues to outperform ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... attention quite clearly, but they're not the target of our criticism," he said. FSC director of policy and global markets Andrew Bragg said that ASIC had not responded to the proposed changes.

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... underinsurance and unnecessary public sector cost, the Financial Services Council said today. FSC director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Australia's insurance framework is too fragmented. It requires separate licences for individual products. This prevents ...

Portfolio disclosure a 'data dump' on consumers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... disclosure? Will the cost of this be footed by the trustee or will it be passed on to the consumer?" But the FSC's Andrew Bragg advocated the opposite view. "Sunshine is the best form of disinfectant," he said, arguing that transparency came before affordability ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... treated as a victory by the retail super and financial advice industries. Financial Services Council director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Unless the advertisement compares like with like MySuper products, they will be meaningless for the 80% of Australians ...

Intra-fund advice is also a commission: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... advice is "hypocritical" when intra fund advice itself is "non-transparent." FSC policy and global markets director Andrew Bragg and senior policy manager Cecilia Storniolo appeared yesterday at the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the streamlining ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... In its submission to the government discussion paper on superannuation, it put the issue at the top of the list. Andrew Bragg, the FSC's director of policy and global markets, confirmed that the FSC considers this the number one superannuation-related ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... between 6.5% and 7%. Retail funds have on average returned just 4.9%. But FSC director of policy and global markets Andrew Bragg said the APRA stats give an "overly simplistic" view of the facts. "APRA has been on record for years as saying that data ...

Trustee liability issues surface at PJC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... the link between investment loss and the legal responsibility of board directors, said FSC senior policy manager Andrew Bragg. Speaking before the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), Bragg said: "We think there needs to be a link between any possible ...

SuperStream levy unclear

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 and Superannuation Supervisory Levy Imposition today, Andrew Bragg, senior policy manager at the FSC will call for more detail and transparency around the levy. In his opening address, Bragg ...
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