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ASIC has released the final report on the Commonwealth Bank’s compliance with additional licence conditions that were imposed regarding advice compensation, written by Ko...
Policy & Regulation
The last of 19 civil actions brought by ASIC against financial services licensees recommending Westpoint products has wrapped up, with almost $1.5 million being recovered...
Financial planning
A senior dealer group chief executive has lambasted the Royal Commission’s call for a compensation scheme of last resort, arguing it is treating the symptoms not the caus...
Financial planning
Victims of Financial Fraud has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to remind him how vehemently the party objected to holding a Banking Royal Commission. ...
Financial planning
Victims of Financial Fraud has again called for redress for Trio fraud victims, adding demands that parliamentarians push for compensation for those who lost out from oth...
Policy & Regulation
The regulator said it has completed a compliance review and remediation program, and removed additional licence conditions, for Total Financial Solutions Australia....
Financial planning
The Commonwealth Bank has asserted it is ahead of schedule in reviewing the advice given by five former advisers and in assessing what compensation may be payable....
Financial planning
The Commonwealth Bank has had additional license conditions imposed on Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom and is facing having to compensate the clients...
Superannuation
The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has signalled she will move rapidly on exposing superannuation to victims of crime and other compensation c...
Financial planning
The CBA has thus far paid over $29 million in compensation for its customers who received poor advice from CFP or Financial Wisdom between 2003 and 2012....
Financial planning
The effectiveness of professional indemnity is in the spotlight as the Government commissions full consideration of a last resort compensation scheme....
Financial planning
The major banks are facing a compensation bill well over $200 million as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delves deeper into the “fees for no service”...
Policy & Regulation
The FSC has labelled the compensation scheme of last resort a poor public policy with high risk, and asked for caution and more consultation before proceeding....
Financial planning
A forensic report found the CBA failed to meet the time-frames for several clients who requested reviews for poor advice provided between 2003 and 2012....
Life/Risk
ASIC has told the Government that consumers need to know that in the event of a product failure, uncompensated losses are usually attributable to smaller advisory firms....
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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...