The Financial Accountability Regime draft bill (FAR Bill) was introduced into the House of Representatives on Thursday 28 October. Read more

When the Government’s ‘Your Future, Your Super’ reforms were passed this year they introduced an important consumer protection to ‘staple’ superannuation members to their fund, so that they take their superannuation account with them from job to job. The stapling regime came into effect on 1 November. Read more

The launch of the FSC’s White Paper on Financial Advice this month has been well received. While it will hard code the philosophy and direction of FSC advocacy for the sector going forward – reform cannot come soon enough.  Read more

The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomes Nick Fels, Chief Executive Officer of Bell Asset Management Ltd as a Director to the FSC Board. Read more

The Financial Services Council (FSC) Chief Executive Officer Sally Loane has announced that she will leave at the end of the year, after seven years at the helm of the policy and advocacy organisation. Read more

Welcome to Issue 57 of the FSC Policy Update. At 9am Wednesday the FSC CEO Sally Loane will be In Conversation with Margaret Cole, Executive Board Member of APRA responsible for superannuation, at a free and exclusive FSC member event. Read more