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Tasmanian former adviser charged for no AFSL

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... John Vafiadis, previously of Hobart, has been charged for running an advice business without an Australian Financial Services license. Vafiadis appeared in the Hobart Magistrates' Court charged with two counts of carrying on a financial services business ...

M&A activity to decline: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
An Ernst & Young report concludes that many global and Australian financial services firms prefer organic growth, with cautious attitudes held towards major acquisitions. The third Ernst & Young capital confidence barometer found that while capital ...

Fee-for-service assist program launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... science of analysing costs without the need for time sheets," said Viskovic. Almost 12 months ago, Australian Financial Services Group appointed Elixir to boost its Board of Advice program.

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... period of two years. Miller, 43, was charged with one count of providing financial advice without an Australian Financial Services licence under s911A of the Corporations Act. This charge followed an ASIC investigation, which found she encouraged approximately ...

Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... representative of LFG Services revoked in 2007 for "failing to comply with the provisions of LFG Services' Australian financial services licence". He will be eligible for parole after serving one third of his sentence.

AFS deal falls, two new prospects emerge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Dealer group Australian Financial Services' negotiations with a prospective purchaser have fallen apart - but there are two new interested parties, said the group's chief executive, Peter Daly. In what were already quiet negotiation process, the unnamed ...

AIOFP appoints directors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... member, practices must not have any ownership from a financial institution and operate their own Australian Financial Services License.

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... have provided the besieged property fund manager with a lifeline. ASIC cancelled Opus Capital's Australian financial services license (AFSL) in August after the company "failed to rectify an ongoing breach of the net tangible assets (NTA) condition of ...

ASIC recovers $24m for Westpoint victims

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... liquidation. Further Westpoint proceedings are going ahead in relation to directors, auditors and three Australian financial services licensees. ASIC hopes to resolve these claims during 2010-11. The Westpoint group of companies collapsed in 2006 owing ...

Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching. Based on Praemium's V-Wrap technology, the technology provider claims Praemium ...