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New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... publish their environmental, social and governance risk under a new reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have teamed up to produce the ESG Reporting Guide for ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... in terms of confidence in the industry and certainty about the future," said Peter Maher, chairman, Financial Services Council. Maher noted that while the Australian savings rate had leapt from 3% of GDP in 2007, excluding super, to 11.5% in March 2011 ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... prepares to submit draft legislations on the future of financial advice in September. Speaking at the Financial Services Council conference on the Gold Coast, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said that although no final decision had been made, pressure ...

Chief exec resigns from AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... Australia, announced his resignation from the firm, also stepping down from his role as director at the Financial Services Council. Bargholz has been with AllianceBernstein Australia (ABAL) for almost 11 years as chief executive, joining the firm in ...

Intrafund advice a sticking point for Stronger Super group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... a planner for fee-for-service help. Whiteley said the retail fund sector had resisted the idea. The Financial Services Council, which represents the retail fund sector, could not comment on the issue but has publicly been a strong supporter of scaled ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Under new guidelines announced by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Financial Services Council, super funds will provide a 'standard risk measure' as of June 22, 2012. The standard measure estimates the number of negative ...

Insurers want wireless relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... for mobile phone technology may soon be the next phase in insurance. Launched in conjunction with the Financial Services Council (FSC), the report found 17 per cent of Australians use their mobile-connected devices to search for and make decisions about ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... to trying to provide the best framework for entry into these markets, but it will take some time." Financial Services Council (FSC) has been pursuing the introduction of a passport with Treasury and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... by work already begun by groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and the Financial Services Council in structural and regulatory reforms spurred on by the Global Financial Crisis. The importance of the GFC is that this crisis ...

Super heavyweights join forces

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Self-managed Super Fund Association of Australia (SPAA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have submitted a proposal to assistant treasurer Bill Shorten to cut the planned threshold, calling the threshold ...