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Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... using social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Count chief executive David Lane told Financial Standard that it is using Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram ...

ASIC slaps permanent ban on insurance claim manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... claims manager of ATC Insurance Solutions (ATC), a Melbourne-based insurance agent and holder of an Australian financial services licence. ASIC's investigation found that Loy fabricated and submitted 38 false claims predominantly for income protection ...

ASIC winds up insolvent derivatives issuer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... 2013 seeking the company be wound up because it was advertising through its website that it had an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence, when it did not, appeared to be insolvent, had ceased all business operations, and from February 2013, did ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Lifewise joins independent dealer group

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... join Synchron when he realised that "despite Lifewise now having the scale to apply for its own Australian financial services licence (AFSL), joining Synchron made more sense." "Having our own AFSL would have meant a large chunk of our time would have ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... full time licensee or a full time adviser?," adviser Troy Edmondson asked after handing back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and joining TAL-backed dealer group Affinia. Edmondson was the winner of the Association of Financial Advisers ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian financial services industry is too focused on short-term results and must find ways to focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment ...

Former Everest CEO banned from financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Committee (ASIC). For the next two years he will not be able to provide financial services, hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence and be employed by a financial services company. ASIC accepted Reid's EU following an investigation into his ...

Robbie Bennetts takes stake in Beacon

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... between Sydney and Brisbane. Beacon group managing director Peter Daly, who was chief executive of Australian Financial Services (AFS), also announced that the group has signed on to use OneVue's Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment platform. Daly ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Adviser Troy Edmondson has handed back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and is going to joining Affinia because compliance obligations were taking him away from his clients, he said. Edmondson has handed back the licence of Queensland-based ...