COMPLAINTS

Financial planning

Two investment firms have made up almost half of investment and advice complaints as AFCA reports a rise of 589 per cent in complaints about inappropriate advice during F...

Financial planning

The last three months have seen at least three high-profile court cases involving adviser misconduct, keeping the corporate regulator on its toes to wrap up a busy quarte...

Financial planning

ASIC has warned licensees they could face regulatory action if they fail to remediate customers in a timely manner as it reviews licensees' handling of RG 277 in its firs...

Financial planning

Investment and advice complaints have seen a 51 per cent increase in the last financial year, largely attributed to complaints against Dixon Advisory and Best Leader Mark...

Financial planning

Financial advice licensees account for two-thirds of firms which have implemented remediation in the past 12 months, according to research....

Financial planning

NextGen Financial Group has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $270,000 to an SMSF trustee over an unpaid AFCA determination regarding inappropriate financial advic...

Policy & Regulation

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort legislation has passed in Parliament today, having first been raised back in 2016....

Financial planning

Since 11 March 2020, the financial services ombudsman has registered over 17,000 COVID-related complaints relating to banking, insurance and other financial services....

Financial planning

Hundreds of consumers with Dixon Advisory complaints are still waiting for updates months later as AFCA awaits the introduction of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...

Financial planning

The complaints authority has shared a way that an advice firm can improve their chances of a case being ruled in their favour or of paying a significantly lower compensat...

Financial planning

The financial complaints authority said it has received 200 complaints on average every day since 2018 but financial advice does not feature among top complaints....

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Financial planning

The latest data on financial advice complaints, which shows a fall of over 50% in the past year, indicates the improved quality of financial advice, according to the Fina...

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People & Products

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has appointed Delia Rickard to the board for a three-year term....

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Financial planning

Complaints about inappropriate advice have more than halved in the last financial year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, while those about fail...

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People & Products

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has made two changes to leadership of its investment and advice and banking and finance departments....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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