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Financial planning

AFCA has told the Senate economics committee that alleged losses from Dixon Advisory clients are an estimated $458 million while outlining the concerns it is observing in...

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

AFCA’s chief ombudsman David Locke has stated the magnitude of complaints received by the body is growing at an “unsustainable rate” and urged companies to improve their ...

Financial planning

As the Australian Financial Complaints Authority reaches five years of operation, chief ombudsman David Locke has recognised the majority of financial firm members are n...

Financial planning

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 $...

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Financial planning

The first review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has made 13 recommendations for its improvements but acknowledged these may result in increased costs fo...

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Financial planning

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority is examining fees and funding ahead of the findings from an independent review and how it can treat smaller firms more fairl...

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People & Products

Jan McClelland has been jointly appointed to chair the Life Code Compliance Committee by the Financial Services Council and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority....

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Financial planning

There are just a few days left for firms to provide responses to financial difficulty complaints for internal dispute resolution as the extension implemented by the Austr...

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Financial planning

There were 1,332 complaints out of 84,500 against planners in the last financial year which the Australian Financial Complaints Authority says is “fantastic”....

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Policy & Regulation

MCR Partners has been banned from lodging complaints under the first invocation of rule 2.2, which excludes complainants represented or assisted by an agent receiving rem...

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People & Products

Justin Untersteiner has been appointed by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority as chief operating officer....

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Financial planning

The authority handled over 70,000 complaints signalling there is more to be done to restore faith in financial services....

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People & Products

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

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Financial planning

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

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