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Registration deadline extended: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
ASIC has told Australian financial services licensees that they will not be in breach of the law because their financial advisers were not able to register with ASIC-approved compliances schemes. The original deadline for registering was 1 January 2020. ...

Whistleblower calls out approved product lies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... on the consumer impact of Approved Product Lists (APLs) claims institutionally-aligned Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSLs) are funneling new clients into in-house products, potentially in breach of Best Interest Duty obligations. Whistleblower ...

AFSL super options under the lens

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... sitting on the approved product lists of AFSLs. The Productivity Commission calls for all Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSL) to "immediately" be required by the government to report to ASIC the number of superannuation products on their APLs ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC has issued a warning to all Australian financial services licensees, superannuation trustees and authorised credit representatives reminding them that membership to AFCA is mandatory and ...

Fees for no service remediation passes $250 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... interest for failing to provide advice while charging ongoing fees. Other institutions and Australian financial services licensees (AFSLs) that have identified potential fee for no service failings include Bendigo Financial Planning, Police Financial ...

Advice fintech reshuffles leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... said the review "reaffirmed that Intiger will renew its focus on meeting the needs of Australian financial services licensees to provide large-scale, compliant quality advice."

Advice fintech shutters Sydney office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... because the review "reaffirmed that Intiger will renew its focus on meeting the needs of Australian financial services licensees to provide large-scale, compliant quality advice." This "renewed focus" will also see Intiger introduce new complementary ...

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 ...

ASIC flags stronger adviser surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... 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 will pay particular ...

Advice licensees hit with $1500 levy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Insurance sector : The definition of insurance product issuers has been expanded to include Australian financial services licensees who make offers to arrange for the issue of insurance products under an intermediary authorisation with an APRA-regulated ...