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Op-Ed - Reduce the red tape and make it cheaper for ordinary punters to find reliable financial advice
By Blake Briggs, CEO of the FSC
There’s an old joke, that the only person excited on a Monday is a retired person.
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Op-Ed - Financial services industry calls for economic growth agenda
By Blake Briggs, CEO of the FSC
The Australian economy is in a malaise, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slowing over the course of 2024 and, outside the COVID-19 economic shock, now recording the weakest rate of GDP growth in a generation.
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Government responds to the Quality of Financial Advice Review
The Financial Services Council has welcomed the Government’s response to the Quality of Advice Review and its commitment to remove costly red tape imposed on financial advisers this year.
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Measure super’s success against retirement incomes, not the size of the pool
By Blake Briggs, CEO of the FSC
The success of Australia’s superannuation system is too often measured by its rapid growth to $3.4 trillion in savings, not by its actual objective, which is to provide income for Australians in retirement.
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