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ASIC cancels AFSL of Future Asset Management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... and the liquidators will have the power to investigate the funds' affairs and assets. Future AM International has held an AFSL since 2012. Headquartered on the Gold Coast in Queensland, the firm described itself as a privately owned boutique Australian ...

BOQ divests St Andrew's Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... million after the transaction. St Andrew's was embroiled in the Hayne Royal Commission for its affiliation with Select AFSL's dodgy sales practices. Select terminated its agreement to distribute and promote St Andrew's funeral insurance products ...

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... classification for different cryptocurrencies and digital assets to determine whether regulatory requirements should apply, such as an AFSL. In addition, the committee recommended a tax concession of 10% for crypto miners that source their own renewable ...

Former Spectrum chief cops additional bans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... the now-defunct Freedom Insurance Group. It closed in 2019 when it could no longer meet a key person requirement for its AFSL. In 2018 Freedom said it would try to divest Spectrum, but no buyer ever eventuated.

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... banned a Gold Coast-based financial adviser from providing financial services for four years and cancelled the associated AFSL for failure to comply with its general obligations. ASIC found that Frederick Steven Ackerman failed to act in the best interests ...

Asendium partners with licensee support firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Asendium has joined forces with a licensee support firm that has more than 70 AFS Licensees nationwide. My Dealer Services is using the financial advice technology firm's software to develop compliant advice. Advisers will be able to generate in-house ...

More advisers switching practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Nearly 1700 financial advisers jumped from one practice to another in the year to August, Rainmaker's adviser movements pipeline shows. The newly launched database found 1689 advisers moved from one employer to another, while the month to August saw ...

ASIC provides licensing update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... - revealing an increase in applications. The regulator revealed that between July 2020 and June 2021, ASIC received 1883 AFSL applications and ACL applications, representing a significant increase from the 1346 received in the previous financial year. ...

WTL posts $3.3m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... totalling $2.9 million. WTL commenced its restructuring program in 2018 with the acquisition of Wealth Today, which holds an AFSL and provides dealer group services to financial advisers such as licensing, risk management, education and training, technical ...

Consultum chief joins new firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... years with Consultum. Botte said of joining ASVWFS: "Most importantly, it was an opportunity to join a progressive, boutique AFSL with no legacy issues or anchors to the past by being technology, product and investment platform agnostic." He added that ...