SALLY LOANE

People & Products

A former chief executive of the Financial Services Council has been named as the next chair of Ignition Advice, succeeding Peter Meurer....

People & Products

Former Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane, has joined the advisory board of corporate advisory consultancy Orizontas....

People & Products

Challenger chief executive and managing director, Nick Hamilton, has joined the board of the Financial Services Council....

People & Products

Deputy chief executive, Blake Briggs, has been appointed as acting CEO of the Financial Services Council as Sally Loane steps down on 23 December, 2021....

Life/Risk

The enforceable standard will remove 87% of all occupational exclusions and occupation based restrictive disability definitions that currently exist in the industry by 1 ...

Policy & Regulation

The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle will reduce tax barriers for Australian fund managers, while the retirement income covenant will require superannuation funds ...

People & Products

The Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane, will step down from the role at the end of the year after seven years at the helm....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has created a blueprint for a simplified financial advice regulatory framework that claims it could reduce advice costs to $3,466 and save ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government will begin consultation on finalising its Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime, which aims to benefit foreign investment in Australian m...

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has released the second draft of the life insurance code of practice for public consultation. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has announced a collaborative work with members across the financial services industry to design templates to help enable the implementatio...

People & Products

Jan McClelland has been jointly appointed to chair the Life Code Compliance Committee by the Financial Services Council and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority....

Superannuation

Some of the worst-performing super products have been carved out of the performance test putting consumers at risk of being stapled to a dud fund, according to the Austra...

Life/Risk

Placing consumers and their treating doctors at the centre of the decision-making process will improve outcomes and reduce the claims costs for life insurers to keep prem...

Superannuation

Australia’s superannuation system means the country has an advantage over other countries when it comes to helping its citizens prepare for retirement, according to Larry...

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