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General advice is not advice: Rantall

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Planning Association chief executive Mark Rantall has said. Speaking to a full house of Financial Services Council conference delegates, Rantall responded to the question, "What do you think of the term general advice?" with a pithy: "We hate it." He ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default funds. The call, made at the Financial Services Council conference, will be a particularly hard blow to industry funds, as ACCI represents many of the employer groups who sit on their boards. ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... superannuation as a lump sum, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said. Addressing delegates at the Financial Services Council conference, the former treasurer said forcing consumers to take their super in the form of annuities was not the right approach. ...

Simplify your products, life insurers told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... do itself a big favour by simplifying its products enormously," he told delegates at the Financial Services Council conference on Wednesday. "I pick up a life insurance policy document and try to understand it - and I've been around for a few decades ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... retirees to withdraw their superannuation as a lump sum. Speaking in the opening session of the Financial Services Council conference, Sherry, who is now a senior adviser at Citi Group, said the current rules need to be changed. "In my view it's utterly ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... Australian investors. We also take a closer look at the biggest issues discussed at this year's Financial Services Council conference and profile TAL Life Insurance managing director Jim Minto. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading ...

Online speed nurtures consumer trust

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... are seeing that propensity to transact online is speed," said Lund, speaking at the recent Financial Services Council conference. "I have no doubt that the reason Google is so successful in Australia is because we have really poor broadband speeds and ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... raised at the session that tackled the question of "advice as a profession" at a recent Financial Services Council conference. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said, Baby Boomer advisers are great with clients ...

Asian managers eye Fund Passport

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... RBC Investor Services. Travers was speaking about the importance of an ARFP at the recent Financial Services Council conference. "But promoters must continually assess their best product, distribution options and ways to improve operational efficiencies ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... current Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten's address to the Financial Services Council conference the previous day, who he challenged to look into some of the more sensible recommendations in the Cooper Review. "We will provide ...
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