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WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...
Financial planning
WT Financial has announced its second “Hubco” with a combined valuation of $7.8 million, while its first one has successfully incorporated and is now making its own acqui...
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A former director has pleaded guilty to providing financial product advice without holding an AFSL which saw almost $2 million transferred to him....
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Danielle Press, a former ASIC commissioner, is to chair a new AFSL committee set up by Sequoia which seeks to improve governance practices and review its approved product...
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ASIC believes advice licensees are the “first line of defence” when it comes to future product failures and is urging them to monitor their approved product lists. ...
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Sequoia Financial Group non-executive director Charles Sweeney has stepped down from the board of the licensee after six years....
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A new report from the Financial Services Council has detailed what advisers value the most from their licensee, as well as the time and cost savings from being part of an...
Financial planning
ASIC is suing advice business Fortnum Private Wealth, a subsidiary of Australia’s largest licensee Entireti, for alleged cyber security failures which led to client data ...
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In its first FY26 action, ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of two Sydney advice firms over their failures to pay industry funding levies. ...
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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Perth advice firm, with the firm having previously seen its licence temporarily suspended in 2020....
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Having proposed changes earlier this year, ASIC has clarified how it will support licensees with additional relief under the reportable situations regime....
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Advice licensee Count has seen an appeal filed to a class action against it which was dismissed earlier this year....
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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Sydney-based advice firm, describing how it demonstrated “competency failures” in its activities. ...
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Those mid-sized licensees with 16–50 authorised representatives are experiencing a blind spot, according to compliance firm Assured Support, and ASIC could develop specif...
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