We spoke to financial advice industry specialist Nerida Cole from Dixon Advisory about the impacts of COVID-19 on the financial wellbeing of Australians, as well as how the crisis has demonstrated the true value of advice. Read more

Welcome to Issue 37 of the FSC Policy Update – a fortnightly member briefing on the main legislative and regulatory changes across the financial services industry.  Parliament has entered the long winter recess and will not sit again until the first week of August. In the meantime, the Government is preparing its ‘Economic Update’ that will be handed down on 23 July. The update will focus on how the Government proposes to transition away from the high level of economic stimulus required by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more

Speakers from the UK, Hong Kong and Sydney joined us for the FSC’s recent under 35s Circuit event on investing and the influence of climate change on global markets. Read more

Three major fiscal safety nets saved many Australians from economic penury in this pandemic – the taxpayer-funded JobKeeper and JobSeeker schemes, and the superannuation early access scheme.  Read more

End of the financial year is always a busy time for tax managers in financial services. But this year things are substantially harder with the disruption caused by COVID-19. Read more

Welcome to Issue 36 of the FSC Policy Update – a fortnightly member briefing on the main legislative and regulatory changes across the financial services industry.  In this issue, the team analyses the ASIC Competition in Funds Management Review, the APRA Pandemic Data Collection project and the LCCC’s 2018-19 report on the life insurance industry’s compliance with the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code).  Read more