Capital concentration and competition policy – serious issue or tilting at windmills?
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics is currently holding an inquiry into the...
INSIGHTS
Leading the development of solutions to reduce compliance burdens – one of the biggest differences industry bodies can make
The FSC has made no secret of the need to reduce the regulatory burden on the financial services...
Another milestone for the Life Code
Tuesday 28 September 2021 was an important milestone for the life insurance industry.
CEO Letter: October 2021
There is a fascinating convergence – unlikely and surely unintended – of several of the brightest minds in our Parliament currently examining the influence on our economy of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds and the world’s largest fund managers.
VIDEOS
The Today Show, Life Insurance Segment
Life insurance is there to give you peace of mind that if something were to happen to you, your needs would be taken care of and your family would be financially protected. The FSC’s #lifeinsurance expert Nick Kirwan urged all Australians on Nine's Today Show to be honest with their life insurer and check whether they have the right level of cover.
FSC Green Paper on Financial Advice - Model of Advice
Personal, general, scaled or comprehensive, call it what you will but most consumers don't know what type of financial advice they're getting. Runaway regulation means getting low-risk advice on simple issues like whether your super is up or down is now the most difficult and costly to provide.
FSC Life Insurance Summit Highlights
In 2021, the FSC Life Insurance Summit - in its 12th year - was delivered a hybrid event at The Hilton, Sydney. The Summit’s overarching theme of ‘Securing the industry’s future' influenced the conversations of the day, with speakers exploring a range of timely topics across a mix of panel discussions and keynote addresses.
FSC Gender Diversity Initiative – Women in Investment Management Charter
The FSC was proud to launch the FSC Women in Investment Management Charter (WIM Charter) at a recent joint event with Mercer, which delivered solutions to improve gender diversity in investment management. As part of the WIM Charter launch, we surveyed our domestic and global fund manager members on gender diversity in their investment teams, focusing on roles that are actively involved in an investment function or that have an investment execution role, such as portfolio managers, investment research roles or traders, for example.
SOCIAL
The White Paper will outline bold proposals to reduce the cost of providing #advice following extensive engagement across the industry.
*MEMBER ONLY EVENT* Join the FSC and Susie Peterson, Mercer Australia; Cecilia Storniolo, KPMG Australia; Zach Castles, FSC and Aleks Vickovich, The Australian Financial Review for an online...
The FSC recognised the significance of the DDO changes early, given we have members across many affected sectors.
Financial Services implementing major #regulatory changes: #FSC CEO Sally Loane said the largest of all these reforms, the mandatory Design & Distribution Obligations (#DDO), starts on Tuesday, 5...
In Conversation: Margaret Cole, APRA Member
On Wednesday 20 October, FSC CEO, Sally Loane, will be joined by the new Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Member responsible for #superannuation, Margaret Cole, for an exclusive...