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AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... "unreasonable pressure" on AFCA members. Financial Standard previously reported on one such service, Remediator, which charges consumers to file complaints for them and access remediation they are entitled to. In response to this issue, AFCA ran a pilot ...

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... "Certane is fully supportive of any and all effective measures to strengthen the superannuation industry for the benefit of consumers, including upholding the role of trustees to oversee fund promotion. With more than $30 billion collected in super fees ...

Governance Institute of Australia names chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... challenges," she said. "Climate change risk, real time technological change, cyber risk, and the changing notion of consumers are just some of the issues that will require an evolution of our boards, our company secretaries and risk professionals." The ...

Robo advice potential skyrockets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... now, means that digitally delivered robo advice could rapidly become incredibly important for millions of Australian consumers." In Australia, robo advisers on average offer seven investment solutions however, Stockspot offers the most with 13 investment ...

ASIC consults on anti-hawking rules

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... contact, requiring that consent given by a consumer be positive, voluntary and clear," Press said. "These reforms will give consumers greater control over the circumstances in which they are offered products, and prevent consumers being approached with ...

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... Generation. HypeAuditor chief executive and co-founder Alex Frolov said the demographic highlights a trend among mostly female consumers wanting to be educated by influencers who look or seem 'just like them', using layman terms to help financially ...

SMSFA adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... responsible for interpreting legislative and regulatory change and explaining it to advisers, advice businesses, clients and consumers. "A principal focus in this role is to assist building consumer trust in the advice process and supporting advisers ...

Integrity Life, Will platform partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... through creating first-class experiences, enabled by technology, that are designed to meet the needs of today's consumers." The offer will be available on the Integrity Life website from today. Safewill head of partnerships Max Nightingale said that ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... confidence in the financial system's dispute resolution framework by facilitating the payment of compensation to eligible consumers who have received a determination for compensation from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) which ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...