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O'Dwyer names one-stop-shop dispute resolution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... businesses promises to be smoother, faster, fair and free. In her speech, O'Dwyer also pushed for a last resort compensation scheme relating to past disputes as part of the Ramsay Review. "It's important to consumers who have wrongfully suffered loss ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... both advice and product failures. After undertaking economic modeling, the FSC found a last resort type of compensation scheme would cost up to $300 million per year. There is a better way, Loane said, of not having another industry funded levy on top ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... developed for group insurance in superannuation," Fahy said. "Further, while the review supports a last resort compensation scheme, it is worth acknowledging the APRA-regulated superannuation sector is subject to prudential supervision and already has ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... review also has the ability to make observations, but not recommendations, on the establishment of a statutory compensation scheme of last resort. The FOS has welcomed the release of formal terms of reference and has endorsed the work of the independent ...

Banks launch major consumer protection program today

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... external dispute resolution schemes and "evaluate the establishment of an industry wide, mandatory last resort compensation scheme covering financial advisers." Banks will also work with ASIC to expand the regulator's review of customer remediation programs ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... a "limited scheme of last resort" in instances where - due to insolvency, say - planning firms were unable to pay compensation to clients under existing PI insurance arrangements. Speaking at the inquiry, Macquarie Group chief executive Nick Moore endorsed ...

FOS decries unpaid compensation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Financial Ombudsman Service believes a limited compensation scheme is the missing piece from regulatory discussions and suggested improvements in Australia's financial system. The call comes as part of the service's submission to the Financial System ...

ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has demanded the introduction of a last resort compensation scheme that would provide compensation to victims of failed investments and bad financial advice "where all the other options have ...

SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... further than the original proposals and expressed its disappointment in the Government's position on last resort compensation scheme for the financial services sector. The compensation scheme would provide retail clients with recourse to payment stances ...

VOFF slams MP response Trio Capital fraud

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... News interview on 11 February that he intends to present a Private Members Bill to Federal Parliament for a compensation scheme of last resort for self managed superannuation investors for future losses due to fraud. While VOFF described the development ...