FOS

Policy & Regulation

The Government has committed to paying unpaid Financial Ombudsman Service determinations impacting consumers and small businesses up to $30.7 million....

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Financial planning

Professional indemnity insurance premiums are rising because fewer insurers are participating in the market and questions are being asked about whether small, self-licens...

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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...

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Financial planning

Financial firms who are members of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority must notify the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of their membership by t...

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Policy & Regulation

The new ombudsman vows to “proactively work with consumers, small business and the financial services sector to resolve and reduce financial disputes”....

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Policy & Regulation

The Fold Legal has warned that transitioning to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority will involve “much work” for Australian Financial Services Licensees....

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Life/Risk

CBA has acknowledged that it was not frank and open in a dispute with the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Royal Commission has been told....

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Services has told the Royal Commission that planners/advisers have accounted for more than a third of serious misconduct cases identified since ea...

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People & Products

The Financial Services Council and the Financial Ombudsman Service have appointed a former ASK risk specialist as chair of the Life Code Compliance Committee....

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Financial planning

FOS’ annual comparative tables of dispute statistics showed the number of managed investment disputes at Commonwealth Financial Planning doubled in its planner arena....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that a broad cross-section of the financial services industry has voiced its concerns about a compensation scheme of last resort but few appear to be l...

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Life/Risk

ASIC has examined 60,000 documents as part of its CommInsure investigation and will deliver its findings by the end of the month....

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has called for an increase in claims limits and compensation caps for small business disputes, which currently stood at $500,000. ...

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Policy & Regulation

While the Government and FOS have supported the single ombudsman scheme, the CIO has rejected the recommendation by calling it ‘vexing’....

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Financial planning

The Government has signalled its support for the recommendations of the special panel reviewing financial services external dispute resolution for a single body amalgamat...

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