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Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... operate in place of the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Credit and Investments Ombudsman and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal as an industry funded complaints resolution body for all financial and superannuation disputes from 1 July 2018. The ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... ombudsman, a presidential member of the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. His new appointment also includes the newly created role of independent code administrator for the FPA Professional ...

Beneficiaries unfamiliar with death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... resolution processes. This is particularly true when it comes to death benefits, according to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. In the March quarter, the distribution of deceased members' death benefits (21.5%) was the biggest source of complaints ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... recommendation that it would not be appropriate to replace the three existing schemes - the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT), Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and Credit and Investments Ombudsman (CIO) - with a single scheme covering all types ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... which was saying the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Credit and Investments Ombudsman and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal should be either scrapped or amalgamated into a new Banking and Financial Sector Tribunal. The argument behind this was ...

CommInsure continues to be investigated

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... CommInsure's independent reviewers, and liaised with the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in relation to CommInsure matters. The update of sorts comes as ASIC releases its new report, Life insurance claims: An industry ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... Julie Abramson and Alan Kirkland and will examine the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman to ensure that they're working effectively to meet the needs of consumers and industry. ...

AIST takes aim at levies consultation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... matters; increased funding for modernising APRA data capabilities; and increased funding for the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal. As an example, AIST said the issue of the additional $120 million funding to ASIC is not specifically raised within the ...

ASIC levies up 150pct

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... regulatory costs and is a "consequence of the government's decision to provide funding to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) to deal with legacy complaints and improve processes and infrastructure ($5.2 million) and to bolster ASIC to protect ...

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... financial services providers. Under the review's watch will be the Financial Ombudsman Scheme; the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal; and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said the review panel will be chaired by ...