On the 3rd of March 2022, the Federal Government confirmed its strong expectation that Australian superannuation funds will review their investment portfolios and take steps to divest any holdings in Russian assets.   Read more

Over-regulation has caused the unprecedented attrition of advisers from the industry. The advice sector begins the year with an estimated 18,500 advisers, having experienced a 25% decline from over 25,000 advisers three years ago, in a market of 2.6 million consumers of financial services.    Read more

On 25 November 2021, the Senate referred the Financial Accountability Regime and CSLR legislation to the Economics Legislation Committee (Committee) for inquiry and report by 15 February 2022.  Read more

The FSC was very pleased that the CCIV passed Parliament in February and is now law. The FSC welcomed the implementation of this historic reform for financial services. Read more

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recently issued an alert supporting Australian organisations adopting an enhanced cyber security position to improve their cyber security resilience in the current “heightened threat environment”.  Read more

The Financial Services Council (FSC) supports the Federal Government’s expectation that the superannuation industry divests Russian assets as part of broader global economic sanctions to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Read more