AFSL

Policy & Regulation

ASIC has cancelled Lotus Securities AFSL after it breached several of its key obligations. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC cancelled The Sharemarket College’s AFS licence and banned its responsible managers from providing financial services for making misleading claims....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services license held by Marigold Falconer International Limited....

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled PMIIG’s AFSL after it was found incompetent in providing financial services covered by its licence. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of a Sydney-based firm, Edwards Benefits for breaching key obligations....

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Policy & Regulation

A firm has launched a series of packages for accountants who wanted technical training, compliance documents, and templates for their limited AFSLs. ...

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Accounting

Contrary to accountants’ fears that financial planning firms would take a clip of their fees, GPS Wealth suggested the two professions working together could increase pro...

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Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled ICBC Capital’s Australian financial services licence following the application made by one of the company’s creditors....

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Financial planning

ASIC has removed additional conditions it imposed on Macquarie Bank’s AFSL after a review by KPMG found no additional breaches to those the bank had already reported. ...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC’s proposal for a regulatory sandbox may prove to be a decisive element in the growth of Australian fintechs....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has formally canvassed the use of a “regulatory sandbox” approach which would allow fintech companies to test products for six months without an AFSL....

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Financial planning

ASIC has suspended Marigold Falconer International’s AFSL after it failed to have a current indemnity insurance and lodge financial statements on time....

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Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an EU from an accounting and tax advisory firm for giving inappropriate advice to clients to set up SMSFs. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Serious structural flaws have been identified as inhibitors to accountants participating in the new limited licensing regime....

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Financial planning

Macquarie has applied to the AAT to review ASIC’s decision to impose conditions on its AFSL following investigations into breach reports relating to client money provisio...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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

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

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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....

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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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