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Financial planning

AMP has revitalised its Jigsaw Advice Solutions business to provide expanded add-on services to self-licensed financial advisers, ranging from AFSL setup to revenue manag...

Financial planning

With the growth in micro-AFSLs and self-licensing, Lifespan chief executive Eugene Ardino is looking to double the number of AFSLs it services through its Lifespan Partne...

Policy & Regulation

A former strategy manager at suspended stockbroking firm BBY has been charged with aiding and abetting dishonest conduct including the alleged transfers of $8.7 million i...

Financial planning

Sleeping with a Professional Year candidate and borrowing money from clients are examples of real-life ethical breaches by financial advisers, according to a compliance e...

Financial planning

Sequoia has announced plans to boost growth by acquiring sub-scale licensees, noting only 2 per cent of AFSLs have more than 100 advisers....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has urged organisations to implement greater cyber security management, with an “alarming” number of firms not managing third-party or supply chai...

Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance plans to launch an “Adviser Cloud” offering of adviser infrastructure for self-licensed advisers as well as a partnership to provide a portfolio admi...

Financial planning

Six new financial advice licensees have begun operations in the past week and zero ceased, Wealth Data reveals, with more than 100 licensee owners commencing in 2023 alon...

Financial planning

There are signs the financial advice industry is stabilising as Q3 2023 demonstrated the second-lowest number of exits in five years, according to Adviser Ratings’ quarte...

Financial planning

An emerging debate has looked at whether self-licensed firms should be differentiated by virtue of their scale compared to institutional licensees and dealer groups when ...

Financial planning

A fourth financial services licensee has been pulled up in less than a month relating to financial reporting, as ASIC chair Joe Longo updates on its corporate regulator’s...

People & Products

The Melbourne-based advisory business has joined Count’s AFSL network, following its acquisition of financial advice firm Affinia from TAL....

Funds management

The government has opened a consultation to increase regulation for digital asset and crypto platforms via holding an AFSL, including for those who give advice or promote...

Financial planning

Money Management crunches the numbers on ASIC’s data on Australian financial services licence approvals and how it compares over the last three years....

Financial planning

ASIC has shared how many Australian financial services licences were granted and rejected by the corporate regulator in the 2022-2023 financial year....

 

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