Government's Financial Misconduct Compensation Scheme Faces $170 Million Shortfall
En resumen
- Australia's Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) for victims of financial misconduct faces a $170 million funding shortfall.
- Introduced after the banking royal commission, the scheme aims to help consumers recover losses from insolvent firms but is capped at $150,000 per claim.
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Por qué importa
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) was established to help consumers recover money when a financial firm becomes insolvent or refuses to pay AFCA determinations. It was introduced following the banking royal commission.
A government scheme that provides compensation for victims of financial misconduct, including to Australians who lost their retirement savings in the First Guardian and Shield super disasters, faces a funding shortfall of $170 million.
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) was introduced after the banking royal commission and is supposed to help consumers recover money when a financial firm has become insolvent or refuses to pay determinations made by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA).
But the scheme is capped at $150,000 per claim and funding for it has fallen well short of what is needed to cover victims in the recent high-profile financial collapses of First Guardian and Shield, as well as the previous Dixon Advisory collapse.
New CSLR figures reveal that the government needs to raise $190.3 million to fund all financial advice claims.
The CSLR currently only has about $20 million from levies corporate watchdog ASIC has raised, but needs an additional $170 million to meet the shortfall, largely driven by the rise in claims at AFCA and the First Guardian Shield collapses.
Preguntas abiertas
- How will the shortfall be addressed?
- Will victim payouts be delayed?
- Will the cap be reviewed?