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ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations. According to ASIC, QFML also didn't have the required professional indemnity insurance coverage. "The licence suspension allows QFML to provide financial services that are reasonably necessary for ...

FPA seeks broader scope for CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... and doesn't seek to address some of the underlying causes of unpaid determinations, such as appropriate professional indemnity insurance. As a result, it said that consumers are left unprotected and financial advisers are footing the bill. "We believe ...

Mawhinney ban overturned, to face retrial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... contraventions which were later relied on by the presiding judge in handing down the ban. Mawhinney has also been awarded indemnity costs as a result. A retrial has been ordered and interim injunctions imposed on Mawhinney in August 2020 have been reinstated. ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... collective goal should be a compensation scheme that is rarely required as adequate capital levels and professional indemnity insurance obligations for financial advisers result in minimal unpaid AFCA determinations," he said. Meanwhile, the government ...

Holon, Gemini launch retail crypto funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... "The direct asset model is very difficult to implement because of the challenges associated with custody, professional indemnity insurance and approved product lists. A regulated managed investment scheme removes this complexity," he said.

Resolution Life appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... chief executive position in the local business. Appointed in her place is Tim Tez, currently chief executive, medical indemnity at Avant Mutual. His appointment is effective February 2023, bringing more than two decades' experience in life and health ...

AMP wants life insurance caps raised, fees lowered

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
... file, additional education costs, increased licensing costs and a crisis in the costs and availability of professional indemnity insurance for the uncapped liability of running a licensee," the submission said. "Over the last three years the number of ...

BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... February, and most recently signed a deal with Mastercard. The crypto exchange has also successfully obtained professional indemnity insurance. "We have really seen over the past 12 months the cryptocurrency landscape in Australia grow and evolve and ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... sanctions. At the beginning of the hearing, Falinski asked University of NSW professor Scott Donald whether creating an indemnity insurance market for penalties risks creating moral hazard for super fund executives, as they would be protected against ...

Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... financial advisors for the allocation of fault," Burgess said. Additionally, the association is backing for professional indemnity insurance to play a bigger role in the broader compensation framework. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said that PII ...