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Investment and advice complaints to AFCA dropped by over a quarter in FY24 but inappropriate advice remains the most prevalent complaint afflicting the sector....
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A compliance expert has shared three tips that financial advisers can learn from the mistakes of Dixon Advisory, based on the firm's AFCA determinations. ...
Financial planning
Libertas Financial Planning saw its AFSL cancelled this month after the CSLR paid out compensation to a victim; details have been shared on the firm’s mistakes that led t...
Financial planning
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort’s CEO David Berry has confirmed the number of complaints the organisation is actively working on, with $3.3 million being paid to v...
Financial planning
AFCA is considering whether complaints against advice licensee United Global Capital, which saw its AFSL cancelled this week, will be covered by the CSLR and how many com...
Financial planning
The 2023–24 financial year saw over 105,000 financial complaints filed to AFCA, with its chief ombudsman expressing disappointment in the 9 per cent year-on-year rise....
Financial planning
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has confirmed that Dixon Advisory is no longer a member, with some 2,773 complaints having been received by the expulsion da...
Financial planning
The board of AFCA has appointed Professor John Pollaers for a second three-year term....
Financial planning
Dixon Advisory is to be expelled by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, preventing any new complaints being made against the firm....
Financial planning
Phil Anderson, general manager for financial advice at the FAAA, believes the CSLR levy could reach $100 million if Dixon Advisory complaints are allowed to continue. ...
Financial planning
Wealth Data’s Colin Williams believes the idea of four financial advice firms failing per year, as put forward in CSLR estimates, is too low an estimate....
Financial planning
AFCA has appointed a senior ombudsman specifically to specialise in Compensation Scheme of Last Resort complaints, with the scheme set to come into force on 2 April. ...
Financial planning
AFCA has already received almost 70,000 complaints since the start of the financial year, and chief executive David Locke has warned this sustained high growth shows the ...
Financial planning
A complex series of factors can cause financial advisers to get caught up in professional indemnity insurance claims – Numerisk’s Richard Silberman shares how to avoid su...
Financial planning
Money Management explores which actions the Financial Services and Credit Panel is taking when it considers the outcomes of cases. ...
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