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Former DASS clients flood AFCA with complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... urged former clients of the group to lodge formal complaints with AFCA if they believe they suffered a loss due to misconduct related to financial advice. As at November 1, more than 1600 former clients have followed ASIC's direction. The body has now ...

Financial adviser registration delayed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... effect to the new disciplinary system for financial advisers, allowing the cancellation of registration for serious misconduct. The Act had required that all financial advisers who provide personal advice to retail clients be registered by 1 January ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... benefit. As such, ASIC prescribed that participants should ensure their compliance framework is effective in controlling misconduct in their fixed income activities. However, the regulator's observations of poorer practice found that often conduct risks ...

No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... what we're about and we think it's really important from a consumer protection perspective and for deterring misconduct," she said. Having said that, she explained there is a range of factors considered when reviewing the pursuit of enforcement ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... Financial Services and AMP Life, which has since been acquired by Resolution Life. All five companies admitted to the misconduct. Breaking the penalty down, $4.8 million will be paid by AMP Financial Planning; $720,000 by Hillross; $480,000 by Charter ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... in advisers have experienced a steady decline, due to factors like comprehension of complex advice documents, sector misconduct, excessive cost of services and low education barries to entry. Nevertheless, Neilson's paper argues that financial advice ...

Mawhinney ban overturned, to face retrial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... case to protect the public from the risk of significant financial harm arising from what we believed to be serious misconduct. Mayfair, under Mr Mawhinney's direction, marketed high-risk products as low risk. Almost 500 people invested in the Mayfair ...

UK regulator flags big redress bill likely for Link

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... FCA said its current view is that Link Fund Solutions may be required to pay redress of up to $522 million based on misconduct, though this is not a final decision. It has approved the takeover as it relates to Link's six other subsidiaries without conditions. ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... it clear that the CSLR must extend across AFCA's remit to achieve its aims of ensuring that victims of financial misconduct can be compensated where the firm involved has become insolvent," Abood said. "It's also critical that the scheme be funded ...

Adviser standards consultation commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... Authority; CPD compliance; and action taken by professional associations. "It is proposed that isolated incidences of minor misconduct would not be sufficient to disqualify an adviser from accessing the experienced pathway. However, multiple instances ...