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The Senate has opted to extend the date of the inquiry into Dixon Advisory and wealth management companies, having originally been scheduled to complete next month....

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The number of members expelled from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority almost doubled between 2023 and 2024, according to internal data. ...

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The FAAA’s Phil Anderson believes the problem with Dixon Advisory is “much bigger than an advice issue” and the levy to pay for it should be expanded beyond the financial...

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In an environment of M&A, CA ANZ has stated any company looking to acquire an advice firm should be prepared to bear responsibility for any compensation to aggrieved clie...

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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....

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With less than 5 per cent of Dixon Advisory complaints closed, AFCA has detailed how it is dealing with systemic issues, known as batch matters, through a consistent yet ...

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AFCA has revealed to Money Management the number of Dixon Advisory complaints it has closed so far out of the more than 2,700 total complaints received....

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AFCA has urged financial advice firms that when recommending a product to clients where it receives any benefits, advisers must go beyond merely disclosing conflicts of i...

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The fallout from Dixon Advisory and effect on the professional indemnity insurance market could have been far worse, according to Numerisk’s Richard Silberman, if the pro...

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The final terms of reference for the Dixon Advisory inquiry have been released by the Senate economics references committee, and advisers have just over five weeks to mak...

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As the government announces a public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory, risk adviser Richard Silberman has detailed the three areas that typically lead to an AF...

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An inquiry is due to probe the collapse of Dixon Advisory and its impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort....

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The Financial Advice Association Australia has written to every member of Parliament to press the case for a public inquiry into the Dixon Advisory collapse and the CSLR....

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ASIC has confirmed it was “unnecessary” for the regulator to intensively interview Dixon Advisory advisers about the problems at the firm....

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AFCA is considering whether complaints against advice licensee United Global Capital, which saw its AFSL cancelled this week, will be covered by the CSLR and how many com...

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