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Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... has revealed flaws in our current advice system, according to some industry figures. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released the full report of its retirement advice shadow shopping research, previously mentioned during the ...

ASIC, FPA, and FOS address shadow shopper report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... workshops for advisers to combat issues found in an upcoming ASIC Shadow Shop survey. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed in February that conflict of interest has again emerged as a problem for consumers in its latest ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... career. Prior to this he was deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft thanked Tregillis for his work with ASIC. "As a commissioner, Shane worked on ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... Ultimately, Bolger said the key to reliable research is a focus on delivering, managing and understanding the associated investments risks, not just returns. He also pointed out that one financial planner who recommended Basis Capital successfully challenged ...

Complaints against planners fall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has received less complaints against investments and financial planners in the past year, new figures show. Alison Maynard, investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman, said the number of investment ...

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... employees are adequately trained from January next year following regulatory changes. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outlined changes to the regulation of credit rating agencies yesterday, which includes holding an AFSL that ...

FOS swamped with complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is changing how it deals with investments, life insurance and superannuation complaints to cope with rising complaint volumes, particularly in financial planning. The service noted it saw a 77 per cent increase ...

FOS gears up to combat record complaints

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... continued on an upward trend this year, with banking and finance complaints up around 35 per cent and complaints across investments up around 75 per cent. Neave said the figures, while large, are not unexpected considering the current economic conditions. ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Financial and reiterate the FPA's stance on professional conduct breaches. The role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) would also be highlighted to the public. "At the moment, I think ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... small businesses to the Ombudsman. "There has been a considerable increase of 152 per cent in disputes about managed investments and a 55 per cent rise in financial planning disputes, involving allegations of inappropriate advice and standard of service," ...