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Infocus purchases another advice business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... two AFSL holders. It also manages eight sector-specific multi-manager funds through subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers, and licenses proprietary CRM and practice management software to support financial advisers.

Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... a $2 million total investment cap and that crowdfunding businesses be required to hold Australian financial services licenses. Doctor Rob Nicholls, one of the CIFR report's authors, said at the time, "Instead of being feared, this interest should be ...

Limited AFSLs like "part-time surgeons"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... "part-time surgeons," according to John Birt, principal of advice M&A broker Radar Results. Birt branded limited AFS licenses "dangerous" and argued that in order for accountants to provide quality financial advice they would need to "[commit] fully ...

ASIC accepts J.P. Morgan enforceable undertaking

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Specifically, ASIC provides exemptions to these businesses from the requirement to hold Australian financial services licenses. In order to comply with these exemptions, the three entities were required to provide written disclosure to all clients to ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... place a plan to set up Blue Sky, having identified what he calls the investment opportunity of a lifetime when water licenses and land title were separated by the government in 2005. Blue Sky Private Equity was established in July 2006 as a private equity ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... head of Cortex Advice Solutions at IOOF-owned SFG Australia. Cortex is the licensee service provider for SFG Australia licenses, which include Shadforth, Western Pacific and Outlook Financial Services. For the last two years, Cullen has been responsible ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... new role he will be responsible for driving growth across the businesses. The brands and Australian financial services licenses (AFSLs) of the two dealer groups will remain the same. "There are no plans to merge the licenses of M3 and FSP," an ANZ spokesperson ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... could be raised through crowdfunding at $2 million and forcing crowdfunded startups to hold Australian financial services licenses.

Accountants flood independent licensee

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
A non-aligned dealer group has seen 30 accounting practices join in the last year as the limited and full advice licenses gain momentum. GPS Wealth said that so far the limited license has been the most popular option for accounting practices joining ...

NAB Wealth appoints Apogee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... grow and evolve while continuing to deliver high quality financial advice," Barnwell said. "Apogee Financial Planning licenses over 100 businesses across Australia that provide either integrated financial services solutions, or specialist financial planning ...