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New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... to consider matters within last six years, or two years if the complaint had been through a financial firm's dispute resolution process. Creevey Russell Lawyers believes this extension in AFCA's jurisdiction is limited to credit facilities under $5 million ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... of its membership having reached life expectancy, its membership totals just 4000. Members also approved a special resolution as to what would be done with SCOA's surplus funds. Earlier this year, SCOA president Peter Illidge told Financial Standard ...

Court throws out Aurora fund takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Aurora Funds Management yesterday won court orders against Primary Securities which tried to topple it as the responsible entity for a listed fund in a rogue shareholder meeting on January 15. In January, activist investor Tim Staermose and Primary ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... merging the banks in separate special general meetings this week. The vote resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest mergers in the customer owned banking sector in recent times. The sector continues ...

AFCA seeks to strengthen leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... 2018. It is now a much larger national body with an ambitious strategy that, as well as prioritising the effective resolution of disputes, also places an increased emphasis on identifying systemic issues and serious misconduct in the financial services ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new report from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) reveals just 11 of the 50 largest superannuation funds disclose complete proxy voting records. ACCR reviewed the disclosures of Australia's super funds' proxy voting ...

ASIC to strengthen complaints handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... be required by ASIC to meet the new standards when they deal with consumer complaints through their internal dispute resolution arrangements. Internal dispute resolution is the first step in the complaints handling process, and ASIC said financial firms ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... pointed out an AFS licensee may not maintain professional indemnity insurance or membership of an external dispute resolution scheme because they are operating as an authorised representative of another licensee. Another issue is because the licensee's ...

AFCA hits the road

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... will travel Australia in an effort to learn from the community and increase awareness of its services. The dispute resolution body is set to embark on a national roadshow, visiting more than 70 regional, rural and remote communities to learn about the ...

AMP leaks $1.8bn, names new CFO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... address the firm's difficult 2018. Touching on the controversial sale of AMP's life business to the UK-based Resolution Life, Murray said the life business had been challenged for some time, and was firm in his belief the sale was in the company's ...