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Actuate rebrands, now SFG Alliance Services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... to consolidate its brands. SFG Alliance Services provides services for non-aligned Australian financial services license (AFSL) partners. "Sharpened branding will make SFG Alliance Services more recognisable to those businesses," head of SFG Alliance ...

FEATURE: Advisers go solo

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014

La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... Australia Ratings is the only credit rating agency in Australia which holds a retail Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) issued by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) meaning that it is the only ratings agency in Australia ...

SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... edition of Financial Standard, we look at the pros and cons of setting up your own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). We also investigate the calls from some sectors of the industry to take superannuation out of the modern awards system and ...

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... Treasury's initial document. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has asked the inquiry to review the effectiveness of the AFSL External Dispute Resolution framework and the interplay with the availability and affordability of professional indemnity ...

Accountants cautious to enter advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... six months after the accountant exemption ended, only 31 have applied for a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL). "Accountants will not be rushing into limited AFSLs," the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) head of Financial ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... within the financial services industry." The bank detailed that the information would be available to current and prospective AFSL holders who seek to authorise the financial planner under their AFSL. CBA also suggested that ASIC should be the sole custodian ...

AIOFP members to undertake compliance review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... compliance reviews under a new partnership with two service providers. Argyle and My Dealer Services will be providing the AFSL review service to over 90 independently-owned practices under AIOFP. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston says that any ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... industry observers have speculated are likely to enter the market as independent non-aligned intermediaries under the Limited AFSL provisions would dilute the institutional influence even more, added the report. The high level of M&A activity within ...