COMPENSATION

Policy & Regulation

The last of 19 civil actions brought by ASIC against financial services licensees recommending Westpoint products has wrapped up, with almost $1.5 million being recovered...

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Financial planning

A senior dealer group chief executive has lambasted the Royal Commission’s call for a compensation scheme of last resort, arguing it is treating the symptoms not the caus...

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Financial planning

Victims of Financial Fraud has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to remind him how vehemently the party objected to holding a Banking Royal Commission. ...

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Financial planning

Victims of Financial Fraud has again called for redress for Trio fraud victims, adding demands that parliamentarians push for compensation for those who lost out from oth...

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Policy & Regulation

The regulator said it has completed a compliance review and remediation program, and removed additional licence conditions, for Total Financial Solutions Australia....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has asserted it is ahead of schedule in reviewing the advice given by five former advisers and in assessing what compensation may be payable....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has had additional license conditions imposed on Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom and is facing having to compensate the clients...

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Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has signalled she will move rapidly on exposing superannuation to victims of crime and other compensation c...

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Financial planning

The CBA has thus far paid over $29 million in compensation for its customers who received poor advice from CFP or Financial Wisdom between 2003 and 2012....

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Financial planning

The effectiveness of professional indemnity is in the spotlight as the Government commissions full consideration of a last resort compensation scheme....

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Financial planning

The major banks are facing a compensation bill well over $200 million as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delves deeper into the “fees for no service”...

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Policy & Regulation

The FSC has labelled the compensation scheme of last resort a poor public policy with high risk, and asked for caution and more consultation before proceeding....

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Financial planning

A forensic report found the CBA failed to meet the time-frames for several clients who requested reviews for poor advice provided between 2003 and 2012....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has told the Government that consumers need to know that in the event of a product failure, uncompensated losses are usually attributable to smaller advisory firms....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has offered almost $4.9 million in compensation to clients who received poor advice while it has offered compensation to 201 cases for poor advice i...

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