{"id":1316,"date":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/?page_id=1316"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:23:31","slug":"complaints-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/complaints-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaints Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our objective in Wellesley is to respond to client complaints in a courteous, timely and fair manner. All complaints, whether oral or written, should be referred to the Managing Director. This procedure is operated by the firm in relation to its financial services provided under the Consumer Protection Code 2025.<br><br>Complaints may be submitted by clients orally or in writing, including by post or by electronic means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oral Complaints<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Where a client makes an oral complaint that we cannot immediately resolve, we offer the client the opportunity to have the complaint handled in accordance with our formal Complaints Procedure set out below. In such cases, we document the details of the client\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complaints Procedure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> A written acknowledgement of the complaint will be sent to the client not later than 5 working days<br>after the complaint was received by Wellesley. A copy of the acknowledgement is saved in the<br>client&#8217;s file. This acknowledgement will contain a copy of these procedures and notification that the<br>complainant can refer the matter to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) if<br>he\/she is not happy with the outcome of our investigation, or if the matter has not been resolved<br>within 40 business days, the anticipated timeframe within which the firm hopes to resolve the<br>complaint. Contact details of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) will also be<br>provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b)<\/strong> The complainant will be provided with the name of the individual in Wellesley appointed to deal<br>with their complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>c)<\/strong> The complainant will be provided with written updates on the progress of the investigation of<br>his\/her complaint every 20 working days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d)<\/strong> The complaint is actively investigated, and a comprehensive response is sent to the client not later<br>than 8 weeks (40 business days) following receipt of the original complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>e)<\/strong> Where the complaint has not been resolved within the 8 weeks, we will inform the client of the<br>anticipated timeframe within which we hope to resolve the complaint. We will also advise our client<br>at this time of their right to refer the matter to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman<br>(FSPO) and provide them with contact details for same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>f)<\/strong> Where the complaint relates to an Insurance Company\/Stockbroker\/Product Producer\/Underwriter<br>with whom business has been placed on behalf of our client, we will forward the complaint to that<br>firm. However, we will endeavour to ensure that the Insurance Company\/Stockbroker\/Product<br>Producer\/Underwriter deals with the complaint until a satisfactory conclusion is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>g)<\/strong> When the complaint has been fully investigated, we will issue a summary letter to the client within<br>5 working days of completion of the investigation. The letter will set out, if appropriate, details of<br>any offer of settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>h)<\/strong> Where it has not proved possible to resolve the client\u2019s complaint, the client remains dissatisfied<br>with the outcome and we believe that Wellesley cannot make any further progress on the matter,<br>the client will be advised of this. The client will again be advised that they are entitled to refer their<br>complaint to the:<br>Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) Lincoln House,<br>Lincoln Place,<br>Dublin 2. D02 VH29<br>Tel. 01 5677000<br>info@fspo.ie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>i)<\/strong> Should the client advise us that they wish to pursue their complaint with the Financial Services and<br>Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) a \u2018final response\u2019 letter will be issued to the complainant in<br>accordance with the FSPO timeframes. The Managing Director will issue this letter outlining<br>Wellesley\u2019s position in relation to the complaint. This letter must be issued within a timeframe of a<br>maximum of 25 days from official notification by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our objective in Wellesley is to respond to client complaints in a courteous, timely and fair manner. All complaints, whether oral or written, should be referred to the Managing Director. This procedure is operated by the firm in relation to its financial services provided under the Consumer Protection Code 2025. Complaints may be submitted by clients orally or in writing, &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/complaints-procedure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1316\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellesley.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}