Life Insurance Code of Practice is well underway

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The life insurance industry’s response to the 2015 Trowbridge review of the sector included a commitment by the Financial Services Council (FSC) to having a Life Insurance Code of Practice

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Statement on Life Insurance from Sally Loane – CEO of the Financial Services Council

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Life insurance plays an important role in helping Australians protect their most valuable assets – their lives and their livelihoods. The industry paid out approximately $5 billion in claims across

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Companies still have a long way to go in improving ESG reporting  

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing practices have evolved and grown rapidly over the past five years yet 13 per cent of ASX200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information

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FSC CEO urges government to adopt a long term retirement policy

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Financial Services Council CEO, Sally Loane has urged the government to take a long term view of superannuation and to develop a robust retirement policy for Australians. In her address

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FSC CEO releases a six point plan for superannuation

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Sally Loane, CEO of the Financial Services Council, has called on the Government to adopt a six point plan for superannuation to deliver higher retirement incomes for the majority of

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FSC-UBS research: Financial Services is Australia’s fastest growing industry

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Financial Services has been Australia’s fastest growing industry over the past two decades according to the FSC-UBS State of the Industry Report released yesterday. The report contains a comprehensive summary

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Super must be allowed to achieve its objective

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Any plans to reduce the savings of middle Australia will increase long term pressure on the Federal Budget the Financial Services Council said last week. Sally Loane, CEO of the

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Superannuation – Focus on savings, not tax: FSC

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The Financial Services Council has urged the Government not to tax Australia’s superannuation savings harder, but instead consider how best to deliver better retirement outcomes to Australia’s lower and middle

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Future Economy Forum: New industry coalition to champion the sectors creating the jobs of the future

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A new coalition of industry groups has come together to champion key sectors that will carry the Australian economy out of the shadows of the mining boom into a new

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Statement from the Financial Services Council on new APRA appointments

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The Financial Services Council (FSC) congratulates the appointments of Mrs Helen Rowell as the full-time Deputy Chair of APRA and Mr Geoff Summerhayes as a full-time member of APRA from

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