AFCA

Policy & Regulation

Liberal Party stalwart and former party cabinet member, Helen Coonan, has been appointed by the Turnbull Government to be the inaugural chair of the Australian Financial ...

Policy & Regulation

The major backers of establishing an Australian Financial Complaints Authority have welcomed passage of the necessary legislation through the Parliament....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will come into being next year following the passage of the necessary legislation through the Senate with minor amendments....

Policy & Regulation

The implications of the Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services Industry are such that the Government should shelve plans to establish the Australian Fin...

Financial planning

Moves to increase monetary claim limits under the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority regime have prompted fears of more PI insurer exits from the financial pla...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has been warned against rushing the implementation of its new financial services external dispute resolution regime amid claims of shortened consul...

Policy & Regulation

The Government’s Australian Financial Complaints Authority legislation has been thrown into doubt by the citizenship dramas which impacted National Party leader, Barnaby ...

Policy & Regulation

The Government cannot be certain of imposing the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority in circumstances where opposition Senators have issued a dissenting report ...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has thrown its support behind the move to give ASIC regulatory powers to ban the distribution of products it believes would cause harm....

Superannuation

Under-funding of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal means it could still be clearing a backlog up to four years after the establishment of the Australian Financial C...

Policy & Regulation

Determinations by the Government’s new Australian Financial Complaints Authority should be open to appeal to the courts, according to a submission received by the Senate ...

Policy & Regulation

The creation of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority will not address or prevent financial scandals and will cost an extra $9.2 million, according to CIO....

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