Aussie regulator wins Westpac pensions cold calling case
Bank says it is ‘carefully considering’ the judgment
Cold Calling
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Aussie regulator eyes life insurance cold calling ban
After clients are pushed into buying complex products they don’t need, want or understand
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Investment company taking 40% commission shut down
Customers cold-called about corporate and alternative bonds
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17 years in jail for wine investment scammers
‘Sucker list’ used to cold-call victims
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Hundreds of millions lost to UK pension scams
Insolvency Service wound up 24 firms in four years, with victims losing £202m in pension contributions
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Pension cold calling ban is ‘only part of the solution’
UK companies may face fines of up to £500,000 but overseas firms are exempt from the ban
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UK government bans cold-calling on pensions
The ban will come into effect on 9 January 2019
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Budget: pension dashboards and a cold-calling ban
Dashboards – plural – could be a game changer, as pensions cold-calling in the UK takes a big step towards oblivion
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Australia eyes insurance cold-calling ban
A ban would have a wide impact as outbound call centres are critical for some life companies
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UAE advisers may be next for a cold-calling ban
Financial advisers in the Emirates could be caught in a ban on telesales, if a ruling by the country’s property regulator is copied for financial services.
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Cold-calling pension company vanishes with millions
An abusive UK pension company that pumped millions into notorious ‘storage’ investments has been shut down by the High Court.
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Pensions cold calling ban kicked further down the road
As the Trump cavalcade roars across Britain, the UK government has quietly announced that a planned ban on pensions cold calling has been further delayed.