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Clime to offload Madison Financial Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... months after Madison partnered with Godfrey Pembroke's Practice Development Group, consolidating their operational and AFSL services to create a new entity providing back-office services to their financial advice networks.

ASIC prevails in landmark case against BPS Financial

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... a non-cash payment facility that used the 'Qoin' cryptocurrency token, without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC chair Joe Longo said this was a significant ruling as the first court outcome against a non-cash payment facility involving ...

ASIC issues warning over scammers using fake AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Australian business numbers (ABNs) and Australian financial services licence (AFSL) numbers, as well as imitating investment maturity dates, coupons and credit ratings. Scammers also use online advertisements ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... 169 investors, including for the development of a product by Kradle Software. During this time, MacroLend has not held an AFSL. In courting investors, ASIC claims Hodgson told them Kradle Software held intangible assets of $1.02 billion when it did not ...

Crypto fintech needed AFSL, court says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
ASIC has had its first court win in relation to cryptocurrency, with fintech Block Earner found to have offered a financial product to retail investors without a licence. However, it was a mixed outcome for the regulator, with another allegation quashed. ...

ASIC chases 757 adviser registrations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... advice services." From February 16, those who are unregistered are in breach of a restricted civil penalty provision; the AFSL provider will have committed an offence of strict liability and contravened a civil penalty provision. Phil Anderson, the general ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management enhances adviser portal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... advisers and their clients changes from "what if" into "what to do" which is much more meaningful." Advisers with a valid AFSL can register for access now.

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... Harnam, Terence Murphy, Johann Preller, and David Sidhu. ASIC has now placed them on its public banned and disqualified register. They are not eligible to reapply for registration. Murphy requested that his disqualification be reviewed by ASIC. ASIC ...

Adviser registration deadline moves to February 16

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... significant consequences for unregistered financial advisers who continue to provide personal advice, together with their AFSL. "The provision of personal advice by unregistered advisers is prohibited and carries significant penalties," Kirkland said. ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... Markets, now in administration. He was also found to have continued to provide services through Veridian Markets after its AFSL authorisation was revoked. Pagliacco was found to have told prospective clients that his business could invest their funds ...
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