AFSL

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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Financial planning

Accountants have helped drive a 51 per cent increase in the number of new advisers listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Financial Adviser Regist...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that serious questions are being asked about whether the Government’s proposed enhancements to the AFSL breach reporting regime will be worth the incre...

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the financial services licence of Gallop International Group, formerly known as Weather Pro Exchange....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when the Government introduced the ‘significance test’ to the AFSL breach reporting regime in 2003 it was seen as sensible moderation but all that...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of mortgage scheme responsible entity, DD&D Securities for failing to comply with obligations....

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Financial planning

Capstone Financial Planning has advised that it is not related to Capstone Capital after the corporate regulator cancelled Capstone Capital’s AFSL....

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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