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PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Inquiry," she recalls, "and I saw the FSC team burst into a well-oiled machine. Obviously, the FSC under John Brogden and Andrew Bragg had put in a number of submissions into the FSI, so what came out of that was obviously going to be extremely important. ...

FSC proposes Budget fixes to boost fin services exports

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Budget to implement the 2009 Johnson Review recommendations to bolster the export of Australian financial services. Andrew Bragg, FSC Director of Policy said: "Significant tax and policy changes are required to allow the financial services industry to ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... Australia's which is 30%. The company tax rate in the UK is being lowered to 18% in 2020. FSC director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Australia needs a new tax mix to create growth, jobs and investment. Our modelling shows a new tax mix can be fully funded ...

FSC slams insurance duty "boondoggle"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
FSC policy director Andrew Bragg has urged the Council of Australian Governments to reduce or repeal inefficient taxes. Citing the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (which singled out Australia's tax system as a drag on competition) ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Bill 2015 shows that increasing scale in super through mergers and raising competitive tensions would reduce fees. Andrew Bragg, acting chief executive of the FSC said: "On a day of reform discussion in Canberra, the new report highlights there is still ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... in the role. We wish him well in his new portfolio." The Financial Services Council (FSC)'s acting chief executive Andrew Bragg said: "He set a very high benchmark for future Assistant Treasurers. His signature achievements were moving ahead with the ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... increase the durability of our economic standing. The republic debate is therefore worthy of business' involvement. Andrew Bragg is director of policy at the Financial Services Council. Follow him on Twitter @ajamesbragg.

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Committee on Treaties on behalf of the funds management sector, Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "ChAFTA builds the architecture we need to compete in the Asian century. It gives us a first mover advantage." The ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... by 2020; lower personal income taxes; abolition of state stamp duties; and a higher GST. FSC director of policy, Andrew Bragg, said Australia's heavy reliance on company and personal taxation must come to an end. "Including compensation for low income ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... that led to the implementation of a financial adviser register. Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said that the organisation feels "very optimistic that this will resolve in reform." "It's the best process that we've seen ...