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My Adviser offers accountants licensing package

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... accountants can provide advice on self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) without having to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), but the proposed removal of the exemption under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulation will ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... independent financial advice before investing, and to ensure anyone selling an investment have a valid Australian Financial Services Licence are all simple procedures to follow to find out if an investment is on the level," Colley said.

ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... Commission's (ASIC) said the companies had carried on a financial services business without holding an Australian financial services (AFS) license. According to ASIC, the companies used cold calling and a website to induce investors to deposit funds ...

BT appoints national manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... relevant to the needs of our clients, in particular the business owners and responsible managers of the Australian Financial Services License's (AFSL) who partner with us," Englund said. Licensee Select was established in 2000 and provides a range of ...

AFS appoints regional manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Australian Financial Services Group has named Danielle Nugent as the adviser group's regional manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Prior to joining AFS Group, Nugent was a consulting partner with The Strategic Thought Consultancy - an executive coaching ...

Cold calling scammer gets 10 year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... financial product information contained on a website," said ASIC. At any time the CIA did not hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence which is required under the Corporations Act, it said The Federal Court made declarations that CIA made ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... Chartered Accountants in a blog on Saturday. Under the new regime, accountants holding a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL) may provide financial advice on SMSFs and 'class of product advice' on basic deposit products, general and life ...

YBR hires EX-AFS chief

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Yellow Brick Road has appointed Ex-Australian Financial Services chief executive Peter Daly as head of its financial advice arm. Yellow Brick Road (YBR) said that the appointment is in line with plans to expand its financial advice capabilities, and ...

ALI penalised after compliance failures

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Life Insurance Distribution Pty Ltd for failing to comply with a number of its obligations as an Australian financial services licensee. After an internal review, ALI Group reported to ASIC in December 2011 that from the time it was granted a financial ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Fund nor any of the other schemes were registered with ASIC and their operators did not hold an Australian Financial Services License as required by law. ASIC has been assisted by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission in the United States of America ...