CSLR

Financial planning

The latest data on financial advice complaints, which shows a fall of over 50% in the past year, indicates the improved quality of financial advice, according to the Fina...

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Features

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

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Financial planning

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 ...

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Features

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...

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Financial planning

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort needs to include managed investment schemes, funeral insurance policies and debt management firms for the Government to fulfil its ...

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Financial planning

The organisation believes a review into professional indemnity insurance is crucial before a compensation scheme of last resort can be filed, in order to identify sources...

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Financial planning

A survey conducted by the Sterling Action Group shows that 66% of victims of the collapse of the Sterling Group suffered losses greater than the proposed $150,000 compens...

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Financial planning

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

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Policy & Regulation

The compensation scheme of last resort should not be expanded to cover those making “speculative punts”, according to Senator Jane Hume, and would likely make funding mor...

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Financial planning

Australian financial services licensees should be required to submit professional indemnity cover as part of existing annual compliance obligations to ensure CSLR viabili...

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Financial planning

The Government is making scapegoats out of the advice industry even though it is not responsible for product failures or the vast majority of financial complaints, accord...

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Financial planning

CHOICE is calling for an industry-funded compensation scheme of last resort to include investment managers, as cases such as the Sterling Group collapse has caused homele...

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Policy & Regulation

It has asked whether Senator Jane Hume’s and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s pre-political careers in the banking industry create a conflict of interest....

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Financial planning

A significant number of complaints made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority have been paused due to the delay in the compensation scheme of last resort legis...

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Policy & Regulation

Eight consumer groups have united with eight industry bodies in opposition to the compensation scheme of last resort (CSLR) legislation in its current form....

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Ralph

How did the licensee not check this - they should be held to task over it. Obviously they are not making sure their sta...

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JOHN GILLIES

Faking exams and falsifying results..... Too stupid to comment on JG...

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PETER JOHNSTON- AIOFP

Must agree to disagree with you on this one Keith, with the Banks/Institutions largely out of advice now is the time to ...

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