Cold Calling
Australia eyes insurance cold-calling ban
A ban would have a wide impact as outbound call centres are critical for some life companies
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.
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.
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.
Cold-called investor wins compensation
A company that downplayed the risks of buying shares in unlisted companies to a cold-called investor has been ordered by the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to put the investor into the position she would have been in had she never invested.