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Showing 201 - 210 of 290 results for "Australian Financial Services Licence"

Shorten to tighten tax agent rules for planners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... who offer some tax agent services, are currently regulated through the ASIC administered Australian Financial Services Licence. Tax agents, on the other hand, are regulated through the tax agent services regime administered by the Tax Practitioners Board. ...

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... two years. Miller, 43, was charged with one count of providing financial advice without an Australian Financial Services licence under s911A of the Corporations Act. This charge followed an ASIC investigation, which found she encouraged approximately ...

Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... LFG Services revoked in 2007 for "failing to comply with the provisions of LFG Services' Australian financial services licence". He will be eligible for parole after serving one third of his sentence.

LUCRF rolls out financial advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... financial advice service, following ASIC approval to extend authorisation of the fund's Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC approved the change to LUCRF Super's licence on 19 May, enabling the fund to give personal advice to members. "The ...

Investors get more from Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Investors affected by the Westpoint collapse have scored another win after ASIC reached an agreement to settle its actions against Glenhurst Corporation and its insurer, QBE Insurance (Australia), for $2.5 million. The settlement is subject to the approval ...

ASIC targets alleged Ponzi scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... providing, or involved in conducting, a financial services business without the necessary Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). The regulator is also concerned that the group did not provide the required adequate disclosure to investors. There ...

ASIC cancels Teys Property AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services licence of Teys Property Funds after the firm went into external administration earlier this month. Teys is now known as TPFL Ltd. The firm is the responsible entity of eleven property and mortgage ...

SA adviser banned for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... services for five years, after giving out trading and advice services without having an Australian Financial Services Licence. The banning of Fleetwood follows an ASIC investigation of his conduct while a director of Fleetwood Advisory Group from December ...

ASIC cancels Hedge Securities licence

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... phone calls, no longer in operation - ASIC has cancelled Hedge Securities and Investments's Australian financial services licence after finding the company had ceased to carry on a financial services business. ASIC found that Hedge Securities and Investments ...

ASIC presses on with Westpoint compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
ASIC has reached an agreement to settle class actions against Bongiorno Financial Advisors, which has links to the failed Westpoint Group. An ASIC statement late last week noted that the watchdog had agreed to settle actions against Melbourne-based ...