Media Release: FSC Statement on Advice Reforms
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes the Government’s policy announcement today on...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes the Government’s policy announcement today on...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released the results of its 2024 Women in Investment...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes the Government’s response to the retirement phase...
Welcome to Issue 82 of the FSC Policy Update. This article outlines legislative and regulatory developments in the superannuation, investments, financial advice, tax, technology and innovation sectors, plus more. Learn about what’s impacting the financial services industry below.
The 2024 FSC Diversity Survey found that women comprise 27% of investment teams amongst respondent fund managers. This compares to investment team representation of 25% in the first year the survey was conducted, 27% in the 2022 survey and 29% in the 2023 survey. The survey of 18 global and domestic fund manager members found that all wanted to improve diversity in investment teams, with the majority (94%) tracking gender diversity statistics within their organisation and 72% tracking gender diversity within their investment teams. Read more
The FSC is a peak body which sets mandatory Standards and develops policy for more than 100 member companies in one of Australia’s largest industry sectors, financial services.
Our Full Members represent Australia’s retail and wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, investment platforms and financial advice licensees. Our Supporting Members represent the professional services firms such as ICT, consulting, accounting, legal, recruitment, actuarial and research houses.
The financial services industry is responsible for investing more than $3 trillion on behalf of over 15.6 million Australians. The pool of funds under management is larger than Australia’s GDP and the capitalisation of the Australian Securities Exchange, and is one of the largest pools of managed funds in the world.
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is a member of The International Investment Funds Association (IIFA), an association which provides a forum for global information- sharing and collaboration to promote the investment fund industry.
Find out more about the IIFA here: www.iifa.ca