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Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... a CCIV if it is limited by shares and operated by a single corporate director; holds an Australian financial services licence; does not have any officers or employees other than the corporate director; operates at least one sub-fund at all times; and ...

Advisers must tread carefully on PLS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... within credit licensing rules, financial advisers cannot provide advice on the instrument unless authorised under an Australian credit licence, Aged Care Steps director Louise Biti said. As such, Biti said advisers without such authorisation are limited ...

Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... "financial advice". If trustees are providing financial advice, they will need to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). A 100% allocation to an account-based pension (ABP) would not meet the definition of a Comprehensive Income Product ...

ASIC cancels Melbourne firm's AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of a Melbourne-based advice firm, which was among a trio of companies that copped a $7.2 million fine from the corporate regulator in February. ASIC took Wealth & Risk Management Pty ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... compensation to come over fees for no service financial advice. Three months into his role, Shipton addressed the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference in Sydney this morning. He said the $220 million compensation bill ...

Acorns rebrands, issues prospectus

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... owned by RAIZ Invest, appointed RAIZ Invest Australia as an authorised representative under its Australian Financial Services License. Since launching in 2016 in Australia, Raiz has amassed 440,000 signups and about 155,000 active monthly customers and ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... July 2016, accountants who wish to provide financial product advice either must hold an Australian financial services licence or act as a representative of a licensee. Additionally, ASIC highlighted that since July 2013 accountants have had the option ...

ASIC lifts licence conditions on CountPlus subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... September, 2015 ASIC placed additional licence conditions on Total Financial Solutions's Australian financial services licence (AFSL) after an authorised Queensland-based adviser was found to have failed to act in clients' best interests. The regulator ...

ASIC fees to more than double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... funding ensures that the costs of regulation are borne by those that have created the need for it, rather than the Australian public. These proposed amendments allow ASIC to better align its fees, by enabling ASIC to charge a cost reflective fee for ...

Conflicted SMSF auditor disqualified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... year on the grounds that it promoted a SMSF property investment scheme without holding an Australian financial services licence. ASIC sought to restrain the business and the Goldenbergs from providing financial services; restrict their access to client ...