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Infocus celebrates success

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... leading businesses providing exceptional financial advice across the Infocus and Patron Australian Financial Services Licensees. Announced at the group's annual conference in Singapore, a total of 18 awards were awarded across the Infocus and Patron ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... notes in Protect Ensure. Karakatsanis has been an authorised representative of a number of Australian Financial Services Licensees since 2003, however between 16 July 20212 and 22 May 2014 he was an authorised representative of Protect Ensure. An ASIC ...

ASIC confirms systemic failures in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Australian Securities and Investment Commission has confirmed systemic failures at 21 Australian Financial Services Licensees in providing ongoing advice services to clients. Identified in ASIC's 'Financial advice: Fees for no service' report, the systemic ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... fees and commissions on behalf of authorised representatives, coupled with the fact that Australian financial services licensees are also legally required to provide other functions such as compliance, education and training, meant that authorised representatives ...

ASIC cracks down on "independent" AFSLs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
ASIC has requested that three Australian financial services licensees "remove or amend" claims about their independence. Wilson HTM, iSelect Life and Citywide Insurance Brokers and Financial Planners have complied with ASIC's request after the regulator ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... enforcement report that it intends to develop a regulatory guide on remediation programs by Australian financial services licensees. "We want to ensure that if an AFS licensee needs to provide remediation, they do so in a way that is fair, honest and ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... that ASIC's 2013-2014 annual report demonstrates a steady year-on-year increase in new Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSLs), improvements to SME registration services will impact the growing number of advisers looking to start their own business. ...

ASIC developing regulatory guide for advice remediation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... has announced it is developing a regulatory guide for advice remediation programs for Australian financial services licensees. The regulator has participated in numerous advice review programs for major financial advice institutions, most notably CBA ...

AdviserLogic launches licensee-to-adviser tech tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... make it available to their planners' AdviserLogic accounts. A licensee CRM also enables Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) to deliver services more efficiently. "Enabling planners to allow access to their AdviserLogic account for their licensee ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... the current lodgement fee at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for Australian Financial Services licensees by $5 to $44. Financial Planning Association boss Mark Rantall said it was a "big step" in the right direction. "When you go ...