SALLY LOANE

Financial planning

The FSC said it has begun consulting with its members on the FASEA Standards Blueprint and the two draft legislative instruments....

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has found that ordinary Australians who are members of large super funds are the biggest group benefiting from franking credit refunds, adv...

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”....

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has announced that it will place a moratorium on genetic tests for life insurance from July 2019....

Life/Risk

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has rebuffed an FSC proposal to allow life/risk insurers to participate in getting injured worker...

Outsider

Outsider was gratified to read that Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane never thought about quitting after what some in the industry believed was a le...

Funds management

Australian and Japanese asset managers, distributors and regulators have expressed their support for the Asia Funds Region Funds Passport....

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council has called on financial institutions to improve their response time to incidents, saying that action was urgently needed if they were going...

Life/Risk

The Royal Commission has raised the issue of the enforceability of the life insurance code of practice, with the Financial Services Council facing tough questions on whet...

Life/Risk

Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane, has admitted to the Royal Commission that insurers effectively pay for their products to be sold by advisers....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has come out in support of the Government’s toughened-up corporate misconduct penalties, following the discoveries by the Royal Commission ...

People & Products

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has announced two new board appointments, with Brian Benari becoming co-deputy chairperson and Marianne Perkovic taking up a director...

People & Products

The Financial Services Council has announced the winners of its Life Insurance Awards, with AMP Life and MLC Life Insurance successful in three of the five categories. ...

Features

The Australian life/risk sector is facing a fundamental reshaping as advisers move beyond the LIF and banks consider their return on investment, Mike Taylor finds....

Policy & Regulation

Financial Services Council chief executive, Sally Loane says that after 15 years of inaction it is time for the Government to clear the way for the rationalisation of leg...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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