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AFCA names and shames in fresh Datacube release

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... Authority (AFCA) has completed its latest update of the AFCA Datacube, which makes data on complaints publicly accessible to consumers and financial firms. This newest update adds data covering firms with four or more complaints from 1 July 2023 to 30 ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... the data on insurance claims, which shows that so many of the super funds actually do the wrong thing when it comes to consumers filing insurance claims at the point of a family bereavement," Bragg said. "It's clear from the Australian Financial ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... energy bills. "Spending rose marginally in October as income tax cuts, lower petrol prices and energy rebates freed some consumers up to spend on discretionary items. It's important to note however that this increase in discretionary spending only partially ...

Systemic issues impact 20k consumers: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... non-compliance with the Protecting Your Super regime. According to the Systemic Issues Insights Report, over 20,000 consumers were impacted and resulted in refunds of some $4.3 million to the impacted individuals. Throughout the period, AFCA dealt with ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... environment where increasing market concentration and growing cost of living pressures are impacting the economy and consumers," Cass-Gottlieb said. "We have now reached a significant milestone in the merger reform journey following the introduction ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... principles of super, and boosted member savings. Dean devised the now-famous fox and henhouse ads which were designed to sway consumers away from bank-owned funds and influence government policy. Before working in super, Dean worked as an organiser with ...

Super complaints rise in FY24: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
AFCA's Annual Review revealed the ombudsman service received a record 104,861 complaints from consumers and small businesses in 2023-24, up 8% on the year before. Of those, AFCA received 7325 superannuation complaints, a 5% increase from the previous ...

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... result of a deliberate decision. ASIC chair Joe Longo believes the adoption will ultimately influence how AI impacts consumers. While the technology can provide opportunities for "more efficient, accessible and tailored products and services", Longo ...

ASIC secures win against HCF Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... from relying upon the Pre-Existing Condition Terms in particular circumstances". ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said consumers should rightly expect insurers will provide accurate information to them about their rights. "Consumers rely on this information ...

ASIC cans timeshare company AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... that between October 2017 and March 2019, financial advisers acting as authorised representatives of Ultiqa advised consumers to invest in the Ultiqa Lifestyle Scheme, when it was not in the consumers' best interests and inappropriate to their circumstances. ...