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AFA launches FOFA Working Group

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... and insurance. Pierre Kraft, Managing Director of AON Advice and Peter Daly, Managing Director of Australian Financial Services (AFS) have been appointed co-chairs of the Working Group. In June, Klipin stated that the longer consultation period set by ...

LUCRF rolls out financial advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... launched a new financial advice service, following ASIC approval to extend authorisation of the fund's Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC approved the change to LUCRF Super's licence on 19 May, enabling the fund to give personal advice ...

Investors get more from Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... in providing such advice, engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, and acted in breach of its Australian financial services licences. In June 2009 ASIC initiated an action against QBE in the Victorian Supreme Court seeking indemnity under the terms ...

AFS deal raises Asian opportunities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Dealer group Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) remains mum on the identity of its potential buyer but said the deal could potentially open up its financial planners to clients and products outside Australia, particularly in the broader Asian ...

AFS considers sale offer

AFS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
The Australian Financial Services Group Ltd (AFS Group) has received an incomplete offer from an undisclosed buyer to buy all of the issued shares in the company. AFS chair Barry Stephen said that while the group remains committed to the planned IPO ...

ASIC targets alleged Ponzi scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... have been providing, or involved in conducting, a financial services business without the necessary Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). The regulator is also concerned that the group did not provide the required adequate disclosure to investors. ...

OneVue and BGL to white label UMA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... OneVue and BGL Corporate Solutions have teamed up to develop a unified managed account (UMA) for Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers. Both companies plan to white label the product to other financial advice dealer groups. The service ...

WB Financial appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... executive. Besides his role at PIS, Keys has also worked across a number of senior roles in several major Australian financial services business in the past 20 years. Garry Connelly, chair at WB Financial Management, said Keys' appointment is an important ...

HSBC appoints investment sales manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... distributing managed funds across various dealer groups. He has also worked as a financial adviser with Australian Financial Services and previously held positions with St George Margin Lending and ING Bank. HSBC Global Investments is the wealth management ...

Director charged in Westpoint case

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... abetting his company, Lancer Group, in carrying on a financial services business without holding an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. As a result of his conviction, Silver is also automatically disqualified from managing corporations for five ...