The Financial Services Council (FSC) has today released the White Paper on Financial Advice, a blueprint for a simplified regulatory framework that could reduce the cost of providing financial advice by almost $2,000, or up to 37 per cent. Read more

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has today announced it will be introducing an enforceable FSC Standard to prohibit the use of exclusions and restrictive disability definitions because a member is employed in a high-risk occupation.  Read more

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics is currently holding an inquiry into the implications of common ownership and capital concentration in Australia. Read more

The FSC has made no secret of the need to reduce the regulatory burden on the financial services industry, particularly financial advice, in its advocacy to Government and regulators. Read more

Tuesday 28 September 2021 was an important milestone for the life insurance industry.  Read more

The financial services industry is this week implementing one of the most significant and wide-ranging set of reforms ever for the sector. Read more