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Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... AFCA receives very few complaints about financial planners, calculating to about 1.6% of the total work the complaints authority conducts.

Calls for Rio chief to be sacked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... goes to show for it is $7 million of lost remuneration." The Rio Tinto board review found that it had obtained legal authority to impact the Juukan rock shelters. However, it said while it was within legal obligations its actions fell short of the "standards ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... Bureau as its marketing manager for nine years, having worked in a similar marketing role with the Melbourne Tourism Authority for five years prior to that.

Brisbane broker permanently banned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... been cancelled. ASIC commenced its investigation into Gordon following a tip-off from Australian Financial Complaints Authority. The corporate watchdog subsequently found he had knowingly provided a client with a false letter of approval for a home loan ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... have been inappropriately classified as smokers can contact their super fund or the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger of retail investment platforms FNZ and GBST due to fears of it leading to higher costs for investors. FNZ purchased GBST in November 2019 for £150 million. The merged businesses would ...

AFCA creates new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed Campbell Daff to the newly created position of head of membership services. Daff has significant experience in the design and delivery of membership value and service propositions and ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... - with regulatory and legal questions presenting a challenge. In the June FASEA exam results for the first time the authority has provided some feedback from the exam data and revealed the areas of the exam that advisers are underperforming in, particularly ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... Action Law Centre wants these debt assistance providers to have membership with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to be compulsory and for these firms to be licensed by regulators. "We often hear from Australian families wooed by these 'debt ...

FASEA confirms 2021 exams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
FASEA has confirmed the exam schedule for 2021, after the extension was passed. The authority will run six exam sittings in 2021 at metropolitan and regional locations around Australia. "We have seen a strong performance by most advisers sitting the ...