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Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A majority of Australian financial services firms said they were confidently ready for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID) reforms that took effect on January 3, according to Financial Standard's weekly spot poll. More than half ...

Industry fund stepping up advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... "Providing financial advice and education is strategically important for LUCRF Super. Having our own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) means we can provide the best advice for members and customise it based on their needs," Thow said. Thow ...

Longstanding Godfrey Pembroke practice seeks own AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... services business, and we are looking forward to the next step in the journey as we move to our own Australian Financial Services Licence." Scholten said Godrey Pembroke and the wider MLC/NAB group will remain an important and strategic partner going ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... will be delayed. Aurora has notified the incident to ASIC "as required under the conditions of its Australian financial services licence and the insurer under its investment management insurance policy." "Aurora confirms it has appropriate insurance ...

ASIC needs tougher, direct powers: Taskforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
ASIC should be given tougher intervention powers to direct how an Australian financial services licensee addresses or prevents compliance failures. The latest report from the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce highlights several shortcomings the corporate ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... make sense of big data and to improve productivity. According to Bloomberg, more than half (55%) of Australian financial services companies are investing in adopting or applying machine learning to better business processes and operations. One-in-five ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... that you act now and check that your contact details are up to date," Taylor said. "If you are an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee, remind your authorised representatives to update their details."

Small licensees are PI insurance compliant: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The majority of small Australian financial services licensees are meeting professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. ASIC's review included 56 small AFS licensees with 20 or less authorised representatives ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... register as 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 ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... with best interest obligations and providing appropriate advice to clients. It will also target Australian financial services licensees' failure to deliver ongoing advice services to clients who are paying fees to receive such services. ASIC said it ...