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CSLR chief executive named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... currently chief executive at charity Way Forward Debt Solutions, and a non-executive director at the Consumer Action Law Centre. He has also previously held role at Advantedge Financial Services, NAB, and ANZ. "Berry brings extensive experience as an ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
The Consumer Action Law Centre has concerns that the Quality of Advice Review draft terms of references forget Commissioner Hayne's findings on conflicted remuneration. In the centre's submission on the review's draft terms of references, it argued ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... announced exemptions for the insurance industry in relation to Royal Commission reforms. According to the Consumer Action Law Centre, these exemptions allow the insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations and are to the detriment ...

AFCA left toothless on Mayfair complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... from a Ponzi scheme. ASIC could not comment on this issue as its action against Mayfair is ongoing. Consumer Action Law Centre chief executive Gerard Brody said AFCA could still hear some complaints about Mayfair, if investors were advised into Mayfair ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... repair firms held to the kind of regulatory and ethical standards financial advisers are held to. The Consumer Action Law Centre wants these debt assistance providers to have membership with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to be compulsory ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... firms do not align with good consumer outcomes," the report said. It pointed to a case study from the Consumer Action Law Centre which found that payday loan providers were putting written warnings at the very bottom of their websites, obscuring those ...

FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... appointments were flanked by the re-appointments of Integra Financial Services founder Deborah Kent and former Consumer Action Law Centre co-chief executive Carolyn Bond The Government confirmed all four directors have been appointed on three year te ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... code as "having all the bite of a wet lettuce". Referencing an earlier assessment by the firm and the Consumer Action Law Centre in which the code was given a "D minus" grade, Shaw welcomed the PC's parallel view.

Social media singles out ASIC in Royal Commission coverage

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... #bankingrc #banksrc https://t.co/4ADzg5F3OK - Susan Quinn (@susan_c_quinn) April 16, 2018 Likewise, Consumer Action Law Centre senior policy officer Susan Quinn noted how many SMSFs have received poor advice. Pretty unbelievable conduct being exposed ...

NAB appoints independent customer advocate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... from Mercer, as well as a stakeholder advisory panel which includes: Gerard Brody - chief executive of Consumer Action Law Centre, Geoff Derrick - national assistant secretary at the Finance Sector Union, Sarah Saunders - chief advocate at national seniors ...
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