AFSL

Financial planning

A national financial advice firm is targeting advisers looking to leave large licensees and providing them with tools and financial backing to run their own business....

Financial planning

An equity partner firm of Count has acquired a Victorian accounting and financial planning business for $2.1 million, following its first M&A deal in February....

Financial planning

National advice group Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey in the newly created role of business growth and development manager to drive future growth, particularly...

Financial planning

The Australian Wealth Advisors Group has made its first equity partnership scheme investment into a Victorian financial planning firm as it forecasts multiple deals ahead...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has announced it is restructuring its business following a shareholder dispute which will see it reduce headcount by 10 per cent....

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Sydney advice firm, the first action it has taken in the new financial year....

Financial planning

ASIC says spot checks have “identified errors and inconsistencies” on the Financial Advisers Register and urged AFSLs to assess the accuracy of their records....

Financial planning

As the financial year comes to a close, ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Melbourne financial services firm following an investigation by the regulator....

Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Victorian fund manager and banned its managing director for four years after discovering “significant and systemic failures of ove...

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of a Melbourne advice licensee in order to protect investor funds amid an ongoing investigati...

Financial planning

A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....

Financial planning

Compliance experts have warned there is potential for the experience pathway to be abused if licensees fail to check whether an individual has the necessary 10 years’ exp...

Funds management

A Sydney-based subsidiary of a private equity firm has received an infringement notice for alleged serious failures from the Markets Disciplinary Panel....

Financial planning

From cyber security threats to external reviews, financial services law firm Holley Nethercote has uncovered the most notable compliance concerns for AFSLs....

Financial planning

Licensees are being reminded to take prompt action once their licence is granted as ASIC cancels the AFSL of a Sydney firm....

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James Patterson

How much did IRESS pay Deloitte for this analysis? Not sure they are the arbiter of intelligent forecasting in this spac...

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Howard Elton

Article makes no comment that the advisers leaving industry are older and have many years of work an life experience w...

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Peter Robinson

This article appears to overlook the fact that there must be a fairly large group of advisers who missed out on the expe...

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ASIC has secured travel restraint orders against a financial adviser while he is the subject of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct....

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Insignia Financial has unveiled a new operating model and executive team, including a new head of advice, while three senior executives are set to depart the licensee....

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Analysis by Chant West of the annual performance of growth superannuation funds has uncovered which ones see the best performance....

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