AFSLS
Financial planning
Financial advisers could be placed at risk of retribution when switching licensees under the reference checking protocols being put forward by the Australian Securities a...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association’s proposals to have adviser registration over-ride licensing has run into a backlash from key financial planning licensees who say they...
Financial planning
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has foreshadowed court action in the wake of a review of fee disclosure statements and renewal notices which uncovere...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association is canvassing what the industry might look like over the next half-decade including whether a new licensing regime may evolve....
Policy & Regulation
Melbourne-based lawyer, Dan Mackay, argues that AMP is on far from firm legal ground in its approach to advisers and Buyer of Last Resort....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has said that claims that it causes serious delays in “stringently reviewing” responsible manager appointments are “p...
Superannuation
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision to refuse Superannuation Warehouse’s application for a limited Australian financial services licence, after its ...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed hundreds of firms operating in the Australian financial services industry are affected by the United Ki...
Policy & Regulation
ASIC has imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence of Kaz Capital, following concern on the adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s c...
Policy & Regulation
Having an unblemished record as a chartered accountant is not justification in itself for being granted an Australian Financial Services License, according to the Adminis...
Policy & Regulation
The new industry funding model for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will see financial planning licensees and credit providers carrying some of the gr...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the licence of a Sydney-based financial advisory firm following surveillance into potential issues of l...
Financial planning
As rumours swirl about the demise of the dealer group, ClearView has announced an offering that would give financial advisers who want their own AFSL access to the compan...
Funds management
DomaCom and DFS Portfolio Solutions have launched together a branded mortgage sub-fund with an initial $4.1 million....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...