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UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... affordable to everyday people as only 8% of consumers call upon the services of financial advisers. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to rollout "simplified advice" to Britons who have straightforward needs and smaller amounts to invest. ...

CSLR chief executive named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... Meantime, Delia Rickard has been named as a non-executive director. Rickard also sits on the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) board as well as that of Super Consumers Australia, Financial Counselling Australia, and the Ecstra Foundation. ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed mandating personal investment firms, commonly known as investment advisers, to pre-emptively calculate and secure sufficient capital for potential redress liabilities. The financial regulator is ...

ASIC forced to pay James Mawhinney's legal costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... properties in Australia. No Mayfair 101 clients had made a complaint to ASIC or the Australian Financial Complaints Authority at that time. Mawhinney has accused ASIC of pursuing him unfairly, previously stating that the speed at which the investigation ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Anne Richards, the chief executive of Fidelity International, is retiring from her post after five years. Before Fidelity International, she was the chief executive of M&G Investments and Aberdeen Asset Management's global chief investment officer. ...

AFCA secures $1.2bn in refunds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Since its inception, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has clawed back $1.2 billion in compensation and refunds for more than 400,000 consumers and small businesses. Reaching its fifth year in operation, AFCA explained its efforts ...

AFCA tightens wholesale investor remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
It may be tougher for wholesale investors looking to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to help resolve a dispute as the authority tightens its rules on how it assesses their complaints. AFCA will shortly update its operational guidelines ...

ASIC strips institutional broker's AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... 8. As part of the AFSL suspension, JB Markets must continue its membership with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and uphold its client compensation commitments, including professional indemnity insurance coverage. The institutional ...

E&P settles class action for $16m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... DASS means that any former clients retain their ability to claim against it before the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and potentially under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). Former chief Dixon stepped down in mid-2019 amid ...

Potential reporting relief for trustees: ASIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... information given to the public by trustees must align with information provided to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The ASIC Class Order [CO 14/541] was first launched in 2013 and aims to provide relief from this section of the ...