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Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has announced dedicated support for bushfire victims across New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments commission has cancelled the Australian financial service licence of KP International Group Australia due to resignation of all ...

Financial planning

Businesses and farmers with facilities over $5 million are now in a worse financial position than parties with credit facilities under $5 million who are able to seek com...

Financial planning

In the aftermath of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority outlining its approach to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics, questions...

Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...

People & Products

Datacube will allow consumers and organisations to track results of complaints against financial firms by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority....

People & Products

Justin Untersteiner has been appointed by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority as chief operating officer....

Financial planning

The authority handled over 70,000 complaints signalling there is more to be done to restore faith in financial services....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has recommended a limited advisory role for the Tax Practitioners Board in the advice space while, at the same time, pointing to maj...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has called for a radical escalation of the proposed prohibition on unsolicited telephone sales, urging a ban on all unsolici...

Financial planning

Many of the financial advice businesses named by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority as having failed to pay complaint-related charges are already out of busine...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has changed the rules to allow the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to name firms....

People & Products

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed Dr June Smith as deputy chief ombudsman, and Evelyn Halls as lead ombudsman banking and finance....

Policy & Regulation

Over 50 financial services and credit licensees have been formally suspended or cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after failing to obtain ...

Financial planning

The private contractual nature of Buyer of Last Resort arrangements has served to leave the major planning organisations on the sidelines as advisers see their pay-outs e...

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