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AFCA delivers $185m in compensation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has delivered $185 million in compensation to consumers in its first year of operation. AFCA received a 40% uptick in complaints compared to previous complaints schemes. About 77% of complaints lodged have ...

Industry fund awards admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... that, in partnership with IRESS, we can deliver cost-effective automated services complemented by our locally-based call centre and member engagement teams."

Westpac takes $1 billion profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Westpac delivered a warning to shareholders over potential outcomes from the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre's (AUSTRAC) enquiry. AUSTRAC is investigating the banks failure to report a large number of International Funds Transfer Instructions ...

AustralianSuper appoints group executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... services and are well placed to help lead the organisation while always ensuring members' best interests are placed at the centre of our decision making and actions." Last month, the fund appointed Don Russell as independent chair, succeeding Heather ...

AFA calls for clarity on ethics code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for more clarification and key changes on the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of the ethics. FASEA released its first guidance on the code, which will come into effect next ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... been created for superannuation education by a $9.7 billion industry fund. Statewide Super has created the SuperHub, a centre dedicated to superannuation education and open to everyone - not just Statewide members. The centre opened in Adelaide yesterday. ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... place from 2018. The report - which is supported by the Victorian government and conducted in conjunction with the Monash Centre for Financial Studies - showed Australia lacks when compared to the Netherlands and Denmark, the nation's registering first ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... operations in the special administrative region," the report said. It explained that Hong Kong's stability as a financial centre in the region has recently come under scrutiny due to ongoing protests and social unrest in the region, which came as a reaction ...

ASIC drags former adviser to court

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... totaling $1.865 million. The court adjourned the matter until December 17, when it will then be mentioned in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney. In January the Federal Court slammed Miller with a 25-year ban for advising SMSFs and other CFS Private ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... firms do not align with good consumer outcomes," the report said. It pointed to a case study from the Consumer Action Law Centre which found that payday loan providers were putting written warnings at the very bottom of their websites, obscuring those ...