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New firm joins Count Financial network

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... firm in Queensland. Affinitas Financial Planning has joined Count Financial as its newest corporate authorised representative. Affinitas Financial Planning managing director Brad Peters said Affinitas had been looking for the appropriate partner by "speed ...

Life commissions, referral fees still kosher: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
A regulatory update at the Association of Financial Advisers' Roadshow event in Sydney provided financial advisers a clear message on life insurance commissions and referral fees, and took aim at a former FASEA board member in the process. AFA general ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A digital advice firm has voluntarily shut down two robo-advice tools after ASIC raised concerns. Lime FS, a Sydney-based Australian financial services licensee, was running corporate authorised representatives Plenty Wealth, Plenty Plus and Lime Wealth ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... is also involved in the venture, with Human Financial - the promoter of FairVine - being a corporate authorised representative of its AFSL. FairVine's website claims the fund asked women about their spending and saving habits, as well as what they ...

Former MyPlanner adviser fails best interests test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... representative of MyPlanner, he is also a director of Future Accountants and Adviser which was a corporate authorised representative of MyPlanner. Allen had been licensed by MyPlanner since November 2015. Prior to that he was an authorised representative ...

Simple Fund 360 picks up AdviserLogic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
AdviserLogic clients are now available to use Simple Fund 360, after the software provider integrated with the BGL platform. The SMSF software provider added in a release that AdviserLogic used the free BGL application programming interface (API) to ...

Best interest duty failures lead to EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... of five years. He is also unable to be a director of a financial services company that is a corporate authorised representative of an AFS licensee; or apply for an AFSL. Orth will also make a $400,000 donation to Financial Literacy Australia.

Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... industry," Cullen said. Supporting the move, Spring FG appointed Financial Choice as its first corporate authorised representative. Initially, Spring FG intended on acquiring Financial Choice - something the firm said will still be reconsidered in future. ...

ASIC links previously banned adviser to court proceedings

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... and superannuation products. WRM has also authorised advisers, generally employed by WRM's corporate authorised representative Yes FP, to provide personal financial advice to retail clients referred to them by Yes FS, via the website yesfs.com.au. The ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... regulatory changes - particularly those concerning crowdfunding. As a result of this decision, its Corporate Authorised Representative Agreement with Melbourne Securities Corporation has been terminated. CoAssets co-founder and chief executive Getty ...