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FPA launches file note guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has released new guidance on best practice for file notes. File notes are important as a risk management tool, especially in disputes between clients and financial advisers, and the FPA said recent ...

Review of AFCA underway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
The government has released terms of reference for the review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, asking for stakeholder feedback. The review will be conducted by Treasury, aiming to test whether AFCA is operating effectively and achieving ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The woes of Crown Resorts seem far from over, and now scrutiny has turned to executive chair Helen Coonan - with some suggesting she should resign from AFCA before her term as chair ends in May. Today Crown announced that Coonan will be paid an extra ...

Australian Unity owes staff $4.3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Australian Unity has underpaid its aged care and disability services staff $4.25 million in wages, which could potentially blow out as it further investigates how much superannuation has to be back paid. Australian Unity said it initiated the review ...

AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The Australian Financial Complains Authority (AFCA) is placing a higher emphasis on member experience following an increase in its membership base, two years on from its launch. In its first two years, AFCA's membership has grown to 40,000 members across ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
Complaints made about financial services have almost doubled since last year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). In its yearly report, AFCA revealed complaints had risen to 80,546 from 47,223, which is a 14% increase ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
The Bank of Queensland has failed to pay several workers their superannuation benefits, in a failure that could potentially blow out to $11 million in back payments. The bank has already accounted for $2.4 million of superannuation owed to employees ...

817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has revealed the breakdown of what was complained about between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020. Superannuation complaints were dwarfed by other industries with just 817 of the 7420 total. Travel insurance ...

Interim insolvency protections extended

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Small businesses suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 will have temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections in place until the end of the year. The federal government has extended temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections until ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
AMP is allegedly handing departing financial advisers a contract with a clause in it that prohibits them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's ...