Christmas is around the corner (sure does not feel like it) but ironically feels premature given the prolonged months of slow activity during 2020 for reasons well-known.

Welcome to Issue 45 of the FSC Policy Update – a fortnightly member briefing on the main legislative and regulatory changes across the financial services industry. Parliament resumed for a short, one week sitting on Monday 9 November, the second last sitting period of the year. The FSC continues to expect a suite of Royal Commission (RC) bills to be introduced to Parliament before the end of the calendar year, as previously indicated by the Government, but for many of these bills to also be referred to a committee process for further examination.

Default super is about to become a whole lot more competitive, but perhaps not in the way many of us imagined. 

Welcome to Issue 44 of the FSC Policy Update – a fortnightly member briefing on the main legislative and regulatory changes across the financial services industry. The 2020 Budget released on the evening of 6 October packed a punch, with superannuation reforms announced that will have significant downstream implications for life insurers, fund managers and financial advisers. The FSC is closely engaging with the Government on these reforms and looking to ensure the ‘Your Future, Your Super’ package does not result in poor consumer outcomes.

Many of Australia’s best and brightest minds in financial services gathered online to help shape the future of financial advice this week. 

Nicole Salimbeni, Partner, Financial Services and Consumer Business Leader, PwC comments on achieving more accessible advice for consumers, plus what an ideal financial advice system looks like.

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