A complex series of factors can cause financial advisers to get caught up in professional indemnity insurance claims – Numerisk’s Richard Silberman shares how to avoid su...
Money Management explores which actions the Financial Services and Credit Panel is taking when it considers the outcomes of cases. ...
AFCA has identified a systemic issue in the investments and advice space, with the case needing to be referred to ASIC due to the firm’s lack of engagement or remediation...
All eyes are now on ASIC as licensees await how the regulator will use the internal dispute resolution regime data submitted as the deadline is reached....
It may be licensees’ responsibility to report internal dispute resolution regime data to ASIC next month, but they are reminding their advisers of the importance of keepi...
Advisers could find themselves facing a larger bill this year if they receive an investments and advice complaint as AFCA updates its monetary rules and compensation cap ...
The estimated sum for the initial Compensation Scheme of Last Resort levy has been calculated, with the regime expected to start receiving claims in April....
The number of people eligible for the wholesale investor test has risen by more than 700 per cent since its introduction, and advisers need to ensure they are making thei...
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has welcomed a new member to its independent board as it announces the departure of a founding member. ...
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort’s transitional board has appointed its first chief executive alongside a non-executive director in the lead up to its scheduled com...
An AFCA determination may be binding, but there is an alternative way for financial advisers to progress if they disagree with an outcome. ...
AFCA has confirmed to Money Management when it will start issuing determinations on Dixon Advisory complaints with a view to the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort’s intr...
As the Australian Financial Complaints Authority reaches five years of operation, chief ombudsman David Locke has recognised the majority of financial firm members are n...
In a letter addressed to Minister Stephen Jones, Senator Andrew Bragg has asked for a clear timeline for action on addressing super complaints regarding delays in death b...
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has opened a consultation into how it determines compensation for complaints involving financial advisers....
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...