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

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...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been urged to identify the firms against which complaints are being made as well as their suppliers such as insurance co...

As financial planning firms worry about whether their professional indemnity insurance will cover legacy complaints, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Changes made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority following the Hayne Royal Commission are ‘flawed’ according to legal firm Creevey Russell Lawyers. ...

Superannuation funds have warned that the complexity of the superannuation system is such that the Australian Financial Complaints Authority should not judge them on the ...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has announced it is recruiting for a number of newly-created senior roles....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended the licence of Sydney-based Australasia Wealth Services Management (ASWM) for failing to meet re...

The Association of Financial Advisers has accused the Government of unliterally and retrospectively seeking to alter the contract which exists between licensees and the A...

The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Financial Complaints Authority of the risk of planners facing double jeopardy if it reopens matters already d...

The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Financial Complaints Authority of significant consequences if professional indemnity insurance cover does not...

Consumers can expect improved justice and recourse should they be victims of wrongdoing by the financial services industry as the result of a Senate Committee report hand...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broken new ground cancelling the licenses of two accounting firms for failing to obtain membership of the Austral...

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