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Expansion strategy boosts Sequoia results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... Brokers, its associated business assets, and independent premium funding company. It has also secured a new general insurance AFSL which will allow SEQ General Insurance to operate in the same way Interprac Financial Planning does for risk advisers and ...

Aware Super advice arm to pay $20m fine

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... internal procedures, measures, and controls in place to monitor compliance, Aware FS also breached its obligations as an AFSL holder to act efficiently, honestly and fairly and to comply with financial services laws. In handing down his decision, Justice ...

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... recommendations are under consideration. The first recommendation involves ASIC commencing legal proceedings against current and former AFSL holders that allegedly breached section 917B of the Corporations Act 2001 and have not consented to participate ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... 2021 started on February 7, and required all proxy advisers to gain a new type of Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and will be required to share their recommendations on a company with the company on the same day it provides that advice to ...

PE Capital in liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Funds Management is now in liquidation after the Federal Court found that it operated managed investment schemes without an AFSL and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct. The court found that over $16 million was invested in the registered and ...

New operations chief for advice tech start-up

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
iFactFind has appointed Bill Taylor to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Taylor, who was previously business manager at Trapeze Group and led the Asia Pacific division of global event automation platform Certain, will spearhead ...

Fin365 to launch hybrid advice platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... to provide consumers with access to affordable and quality advice, Fin365 said. Acquiring miPlan provides Fin365 with an AFSL and consumer-facing brand required to build out its hybrid advice model which will now also offer investment and insurance solutions. ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The move to self-licensing continues to grow as a Victoria-based advice practice scored its own AFSL after operating under a dealer group for 13 years. Armed with a new AFSL, Retireinvest has rebranded to Templeton Advice Group. Templeton has three ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... trend Rainmaker found is the rapid rate in which advisers moved between licensees. In 2021, nearly 13% switched to a new AFSL. Another finding was the shift towards the non-aligned sector, which is growing at an unprecedented rate, Rainmaker said. The ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... non-aligned segment lost 653 advisers and ended the year with 11,767. The SMSF Advisers Network is the largest non-aligned AFSL (647) and owns 5.8% of the market. Synchronised Business Services (422) comes second place, along with Capstone Financial ...