Complaints about inappropriate advice have more than halved in the last financial year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, while those about fail...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has made two changes to leadership of its investment and advice and banking and finance departments....

The financial advice profession needs more certainty on how the Australian Financial Complaints Authority will judge a complaint, says the Association of Financial Planne...

The proposed AFCA user-pays funding model will be introduced from 1 July with a few improvements following industry feedback while the superannuation levy will be abolish...

Alexandra Cain writes that the outcome of the Federal election could have an effect on funding of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort....

There are specific requirements that only apply to trustees of self-managed superannuation funds, writes Tim Howard, including the allocation in their investment strategy...

Early merit assessments of complaints are now a permanent feature of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority’s process following a pilot program....

The post-election Government will need to ensure the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort does not cost more to run than the amounts of compensation involved, according to ...

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority about proposed changes to its funding model...

The proposed user-pays model from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority followed industry feedback and would see 98% of investment and advice members pay only a $...

Evans & Partners has set aside $8.2 million for penalties related to Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services as 70% of affected clients transfer to E&P....

The examples of failed managed investment schemes have reopened the question around the Government’s proposed model for a Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, writes Oksan...

Greater oversight from the corporate regulator of financial and compensation arrangements will reduce unpaid determination risk and ensure the CSLR operates as a genuine ...

The compensation scheme of last resort should be expanded to include the jurisdiction of the complaints authority, not retrospectively, according to the Financial Plannin...