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AFCA and the CSLR have signed a memorandum of understanding as to how they will support an efficient financial services sector via the scheme....

Financial planning

The FAAA has called on Minister Stephen Jones to address the escalating costs of CSLR as Dixon Advisory complaints to AFCA approach 2,500 following an extension of its AF...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has approved the $16 million class action settlement regarding Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services....

Financial planning

AFCA has confirmed that Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Solutions has extended its membership, allowing victims to continue to make complaints....

Financial planning

With 4.2 financial advice firms expected to fail per year, what type of problems can occur that could cause a licensee or micro-AFSL to go under?...

Financial planning

Wealth Data’s Colin Williams believes the idea of four financial advice firms failing per year, as put forward in CSLR estimates, is too low an estimate....

Financial planning

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort has officially launched with 11 claims in the first levy period expected to be paid by 30 June 2024, one of which relates to Dixon ...

Financial planning

AFCA has appointed a senior ombudsman specifically to specialise in Compensation Scheme of Last Resort complaints, with the scheme set to come into force on 2 April. ...

Financial planning

AFCA has already received almost 70,000 complaints since the start of the financial year, and chief executive David Locke has warned this sustained high growth shows the ...

Financial planning

The second CSLR levy period payable by financial advisers could increase to as much as $39.4 million if AFCA processes all DASS complaints by March 2025....

Financial planning

Reacting to the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort levy, the FAAA said another levy in addition to the existing ASIC levy will drive advice firms out of business. ...

Financial planning

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort has determined the estimates for the first and second levy periods, including the proportion payable by financial advisers, ahead o...

Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has confirmed the start date for consumers to lodge claims with the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort as well as its firs...

Financial planning

AFCA has doubled the team handling Dixon Advisory complaints, with the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort just six weeks away from implementation....

Financial planning

In its pre-budget submission, the FAAA has expressed its concern over the “extremely disheartening” costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort potentially being pass...

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