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Financial planning

ASIC has shared the percentage of breach reports related to financial advice in FY24, noting increased reporting by smaller AFSLs....

Financial planning

ASIC has conducted a report into how AFSLs are starting to use artificial intelligence in their practices and possible areas where they could come unstuck from a governan...

Financial planning

Questions have been raised regarding the viability of the current Australian Financial Services licensing regime, and the role that licensees have to play in monitoring a...

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based advice firm and is aware it had recommended investments that included the now-liquidated Global Capital Property Fund an...

Financial planning

The regulator has cancelled the AFSL and credit licence of liquidated Ultiqa Lifestyle Promotions following a $19,000 unpaid AFCA determination that was paid by the CSLR....

Financial planning

Head of client partnerships at GBST, Ashley Mahadeea, has left the business after seven years to join My Dealer Services, which helps advisers become self-licensed. ...

Funds management

The global financial services firm has taken on a second AFSL as it looks to capitalise on the high-net-worth market in Australia....

Expert Analysis

One of the apparently happy outcomes of QAR Tranche 1 was the introduction of relief from having to provide a Financial Services Guide but it turns out this was not all i...

Financial planning

Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....

Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a $250 million Sydney fund manager, one of two AFSL cancellations announced by the corporate regulator....

Financial planning

ASIC has shared data on its licensing activity during the 2023–24 financial year, including how many were cancelled or suspended....

Financial planning

Sydney-based financial advice firm Sherlock Wealth has announced it is now operating under its own AFSL, one week after Andrew Sherlock took over as its chief executive....

Financial planning

Stantins Financial Services, a Melbourne-based wealth management and consulting firm, has moved under AMP’s AFSL to help drive growth in the business....

Financial planning

The AFSL of a Victorian firm authorised to provide financial product advice has been cancelled as the business is being wound up, and the firm is the subject of an ASIC i...

Financial planning

Money Management compiles ASIC’s enforcement action against financial advisers and licensees during the third quarter of 2024, including sentencing, bannings and FSCP act...

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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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