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First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... to the Commission. The couple doesn't disclose which bank made the loan, but it complains that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has closed the file because it exceeds its jurisdictional limit of $500,000 and asks for more protection by ASIC. "I ...

FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... Financial Planning Association (FPA), Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) hosted an educational workshop for advisers to combat issues addressed in the recently released ASIC Shadow Shop Survey ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... of workshops to address issues in the survey, as announced last week, co-hosted with ASIC and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). "The FPA believes it is vital for all key stakeholders involved in shaping and regulating the financial planning profession ...

ASIC, FPA, and FOS address shadow shopper report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... graded as "adequate" by a panel. As a result, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), ASIC and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will host workshops targeting all financial planning professionals covering issues within the report for individual ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
ASIC commissioner, Shane Tregillis, was appointed as new chief of the Financial Ombudsman Service, replacing departing chief Colin Neave. Tregillis will move into the Melbourne-based role from August 26. Neave did not move to be reappointed into the ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
A Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) case hearing concluded that just because a product is within a planning group's approved products list (APL) doesn't mean they have fulfilled their fiduciary duty - prompting top researchers to talk about the role ...

Complaints against planners fall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has received less complaints against investments and financial planners in the past year, new figures show. Alison Maynard, investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman, said the number of investment ...

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... resolution procedure and membership of an approved external dispute resolution scheme such as the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). ASIC is also imposing specific conditions on AFSL's granted to credit rating agencies that require firms to comply with ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...

FOS gears up to combat record complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is on a hiring spree, increasing staff numbers by around 25 per cent in around nine months to cope with record levels of complaints across the financial services market. Colin Neave, chief ombudsman at FOS, said ...