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ASIC approves AFCA rules change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
ASIC has approved changes to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority rules for legacy complaints. The ASIC approval gives effect to the AFCA authorisation condition introduced by the government earlier this year. Under the government's additional ...

Minimum wage rises by 3%

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... reliant on the NMW and modern award minimum wages and an improvement in their living standards." The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell said she backed the Commission's independent process in arriving at the decision ...

AFCA seeks to strengthen leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is recruiting for a number of newly-created senior roles. Chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke will appoint a deputy chief ombudsman and general counsel. The new leadership roles will be ...

Fintech no real threat: Researcher

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... "Fintechs have grown substantially in recent years, leveraging technology to penetrate segments of consumer and small business unsecured credit that are underserved by incumbent banks, and areas that do not require the liquidity and scale of a bank's ...

Super funds to dominate ASX: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Superannuation fund are forecast to control more than half of the ASX in 15 years' time, new Rainmaker research shows. Super funds currently invest about $700 billion in ASX-listed companies, representing nearly a 40% stake of the index and growth ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... ASIC has initiated public consultation on the creation of new standards for financial firms handling consumer and small business complaints. The regulator is proposing standards that will include mandatory data reporting and make firms' complaints handling ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Couple faces prison over ponzi-style scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Collingwood Football Club. The money the Johnstons collected for "investments" was deposited into the bank account of Small Business Management Pty Ltd on the basis that the couple's fellow Collingwood supporters would soon see returns. Instead, the ...

AFCA hits the road

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... important for AFCA to make itself known to the Australian community. "AFCA is a vital service for consumers and small business," Bowlen said. "Having only been in existence for six months, we need to let people know we are here, we're a free service ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
"The Budget is back in the black and Australia is back on track." That's how Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opened his Budget 2019-20 speech delivered last night. Well, technically we all will have to wait until next fiscal year for the underlying ...