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ASIC slaps adviser with 10-year ban, strips AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... and the sole director of Freedom Wealth Services, which has subsequently lost its Australian financial services licence (AFSL). According to ASIC, Newbound was found to have forged client signatures on service agreements and provided inaccurate file ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... Earner was, in fact, a financial product, and Block Earner consequently required an Australian financial services licence (AFSL), overturning the Full Federal Court's previous decision in 2025. The product was available between March and November ...

Capstone joins forces with PictureWealth to form $22bn FUA planning network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... PictureWealth Advisory, Futuro Financial Services and Insight Investment Services. Today, it adds Capstone Financial Planning AFSL, which brings 220 financial advisers and $13.5 billion FUA into the fold. CapBack, the recently launched backoffice services ...

Perfect regulatory certainty in digital economy not 'realistic': ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... digital asset platforms (DAPs) and tokenised custody platforms (TCPs) to acquire an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and oblige with consumer protection requirements. Bollen said 23 firms that contain crypto-related activities have since ...

Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... regulatory sandbox framework to help start-ups and emerging fintech businesses navigate licensing requirements. AUDC secured its AFSL in February, formalising its role within the regulated payments network. If it's not AUDC or Coinbase Australia ...

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... Count's restricted advice service, Merit Wealth, which operated under Count's Australian financial services licence (AFSL). As a result, Count no longer has restricted SMSF advisers. Financial Standard has reached out to Count for comment. Notably ...

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... Australia's first licensed advice platform on mobile and operates under Otivo's Australian financial services licence (AFSL). It draws on the seven advice modules already available on its web version, Otivo said, delivering personalised advice ...

Centrepoint Alliance acquires two advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... financial advice licence margin that Astute currently derives from Astute-aligned advisers operating under Centrepoint's AFSL. Centrepoint now operates five core business lines: licensee services, financial advice, investments, platforms and lending. ...

Marex Group expands structured products to HNWIs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... Group received approval by ASIC to distribute structured investment solutions to wholesale clients under its existing foreign AFSL earlier this month, in a move to fill the structured product adoption gap in Australia. While the group is not new to Australia ...

More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... utilisation of innovative solutions, he added. "The modern self-license firm is not simply a small business that happens to hold an AFSL... it is about building the right operating model, knowing what should sit inside the business and knowing what should ...