SUPERANNUATION COMPLAINTS TRIBUNAL

Editorial

If financial planners were given a choice between the model underpinning the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and that underpinning the Financial Ombudsman Service, wha...

Superannuation

A roundtable of superannuation executives has lamented the cost and complexity being injected by “ambulance chaser” lawyers....

Superannuation

The SCT has reported a surge in conciliation work around super complaints and has urged trustees and insurers to get their acts together. ...

Editorial

There exists plenty of evidence that the External Dispute Resolution regime and its interplay with PI cover is proving problematic for the financial planning industry. Mi...

Superannuation

Taking superannuation disputes to court often results in a quicker resolution than leaving it to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, lawyer says....

Superannuation

First it was financial advice, now lawyers are targeting superannuation disputes....

Life/Risk

New APRA draft places expectations on group insurers about how they handle claims....

Superannuation

ASFA calls for the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal to be removed from ASIC oversight....

Financial planning

Super body claims ASIC approach is non-collaborative and in need or review. ...

Editorial

A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...

Editorial

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has signalled a “son of Wallis” review of the Australian financial system and, as Mike Taylor writes, the industry is already starting ...

Superannuation

MLC's Peter Hogan outlines the key differences between SMSFs and other superannuation funds from an estate planning perspective. ...

Superannuation

The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal has acknowledged the existence of a backlog of complaints....

Superannuation

Small businesses will have recourse to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal as well as other external disputes resolution services under changes announced by the Federa...

Superannuation

Small business will be able to access the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal under Government changes. ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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6 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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