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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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Domacom has been forced to back down from a declaration that its legal fight with the Australian Taxation Office was finished, after differing interpretations of the High...

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Westpac has cited fee for no service remediation in what represents a forecast $235 million to its bottom line before any Royal Commission costs are factored in....

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The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has cited fees for no service and the failures of the regulators as being among his Royal Commission take-outs....

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The Federal Government has released for discussion legislation which will significantly increase both the jail terms and financial penalties which can be applied for cont...

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Better targeting those with future social support needs could deliver big budget savings and better outcomes for those within Australia’s social security system, the Actu...

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The Financial Services Council has called on financial institutions to improve their response time to incidents, saying that action was urgently needed if they were going...

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A review by the regulator has described delays by financial institutions in reporting, addressing and remediating significant breaches as “unacceptable”....

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Industry Super Australia has reportedly pulled its ‘fox in the henhouse’ advertising just weeks after funding was questioned during the Royal Commission into Misconduct i...

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The Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System has backed the government inquiry into Labor’s proposal to scrap refundable franking credits....

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The Australian Taxation Office has signalled its intention to review the top 100 self-managed superannuation funds on issues such as dividend stripping and other forms of...

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A new mortgage broking group, the Mortgage Brokers Forum, has advocated adopting a licensing model similar to that applied to financial planners but with the retention of...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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