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Fintechs issued AFSL warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... technology (fintech) businesses may be unwittingly providing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) or Australian Credit Licence (ACL), putting themselves in breach of the law and opening themselves up for investigation ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... out how to provide advice," Blakey says. One of the first steps was setting up HESTA's own Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Then Blakey and the team focused on coming up with the right model: "Our members' average superannuation account ...

Unlicensed adviser faces court

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Brisbane. Pousa has been charged with facilitating IIC practicing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence between September 11 and June 2012. ASIC has since frozen over $3 million held by IIC during the course of its investigation. ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... for separating the two," Trapnell said. Trapnell proposed that licensees hold a specialist Australian financial services licence (AFSL) to deal in investment or financial planning advice and a different life insurance broker licence to deal in risk advice. ...

ASIC to watch CBA advisers closely

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... planning arms, as well as affected customers. KordaMentha's appointment is part of the varied Australian financial services licence (AFSL) conditions imposed by ASIC to Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom. As part of the additional AFSL ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... planning and asset protection. Fortnum expects a wave of accountants to apply for a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL) in 2015 as the accountants' exemption draws nearer. The new subsidiary is headed by chartered accountant and business ...

Accountant pays $10,000 fine for $100,000 fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... inducing the investor to deliver $100,000 to his company, Andean Securities. Lim held an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) from May 2010 until March 2013, when he voluntarily cancelled it and refunded $100,000 to the investor. The Australian ...

ASIC suspends advice firm for three months

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... compliance obligations. Protect Ensure, with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, has had its Australian financial services licence (AFSL) suspended from September 23, 2014, to December 19, 2014. Following surveillance, ASIC found that the firm failed to ...

Inquiry sees spike in demand for legal action against CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... the bank's plans for the compensation process. ASIC has imposed licence conditions to the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of CFPL and Financial Wisdom. The new conditions will force both businesses to reopen compensation processes for more ...

CBA forced to review poor compensation methods

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed licence conditions to the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of both Commonwealth Bank-owned businesses. The two Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) businesses only implemented ...