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Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Count chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard that it is using Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram to build ...

ASIC slaps permanent ban on insurance claim manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... manager of ATC Insurance Solutions (ATC), a Melbourne-based insurance agent and holder of an Australian financial services licence. ASIC's investigation found that Loy fabricated and submitted 38 false claims predominantly for income protection claims ...

Lifewise joins independent dealer group

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Synchron when he realised that "despite Lifewise now having the scale to apply for its own Australian financial services licence (AFSL), joining Synchron made more sense." "Having our own AFSL would have meant a large chunk of our time would have been ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... time licensee or a full time adviser?," adviser Troy Edmondson asked after handing back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and joining TAL-backed dealer group Affinia. Edmondson was the winner of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Adviser Troy Edmondson has handed back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and is going to joining Affinia because compliance obligations were taking him away from his clients, he said. Edmondson has handed back the licence of Queensland-based ...

Whittaker Macnaught advisers to operate under Financial Wisdom

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Whittaker Macnaught advisers will operate under Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Commonwealth Bank Wealth Management Advice said that this was the last step of its decision to close the Whittaker ...

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Paragem Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)'s funds under advice (FUA) has reached $1.9 billion after three practices joined the group between May and June 2013. The practices are all fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which ...

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... Count. On July 1, 2013, accountants will be able to provide advice under new conditional Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) arrangements until June 30, 2016, when the accountants' exemption will be completely removed. "Accounting-based businesses ...

Practitioners ill equipped for business sale

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... the differences along the way. Selling a business is made more difficult by the fact that Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) providers will rarely provide assistance if a sale will result in the practice leaving the AFSL. To assist practice ...

LUCRF ramps up advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... advisers and ask specific questions about their financial situation. LUCRF Super has had an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) that allows it to give personal advice to members since May 2010 and its team of advisers was boosted from four to ...