AFSL

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Court has imposed a new obligation on Australian Financial Services licensees to ensure they take ‘reasonable steps’ to stay in line....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Direct FX Trading Pty Ltd. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The investments regulator has permanently banned Vicky Bee Chin Lim, the sole director of a firm closely affiliated with Malaysia’s JJ Global Network Holdings, from provi...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has banned Queensland financial adviser, James Cribb, from providing financial services for four years. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Australian financial services licensees to be more careful about the wording of their own marketing materials, according to fintech YTML....

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Policy & Regulation

The investment regulator has imposed conditions on the financial services licence of Aurora Funds Management Limited following the misappropriation of $1 million of inves...

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People & Products

IOOF Alliances has formed a new partnership under which its members would receive governance support from specialist AFSL compliance firm Integrity Compliance. ...

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Financial planning

Victims of Financial Fraud has alleged that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission failed to acknowledge that it allowed known criminals into the financial ...

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Policy & Regulation

New analysis from legal firm The Fold points to the dynamics of the financial services industry having changed by Australian Securities and Investments Commission licensi...

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Financial planning

Specialist financial services lawyer, Dr Hillary Ray has suggested that in the aftermath of the Royal Commission, boards of AFSLs may need to make themselves much more aw...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has declared its intention to target licensees misusing general advice in product sales to avoid their best interests...

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People & Products

Wealth advisory firm, Scholten Collins McKissock has obtained its own Australian Financial Services License under a licensee partnership model launched with Godfrey Pembr...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has cancelled one AFSL and suspended another as the firms failed to lodge financial statements and auditor’s reports....

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Funds management

ASIC has released new and updated guidance for the funds management industry for consultation to reduce regulatory burden....

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Financial planning

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed ASIC’s licence cancellation for Mark Power and associated companies....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

3 weeks ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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