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ALRC should prioritise advice regulations: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) should prioritise advice regulations in its ongoing review of financial services law. In its latest submission to the ALRC review of the Legislative ...

2023 adviser exam dates released

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... exam. "To make sure new financial advisers are issued an exam eligibility number in time to book for an exam, their AFS licensee should apply for an exam eligibility number through the ASIC Regulatory Portal no later than 15 days before the last day ...

Breach reporting improvements needed: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Just 6% of licensees lodged a breach report in the first nine months of the reportable situations regime, with ASIC raising concerns that licensees still lack the systems and policies to identify and address issues. ASIC has released insights from the ...

AFSL boss banned by ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... controlling a financial services business or being an officer of one after two companies of which he was a director, former AFS licensee Qsmart Securities and Quantum, refused or failed to give effect to determinations by AFCA. In 2020, AFCA made a total ...

Ex-Synchron boss appointed head of Libertas

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
Former Synchron general manager Phil Osborne has been appointed to head up Sequoia Financial Group's licensee, Libertas Financial Planning. Osborne, who resigned from Synchron in June after just five months, will support the ongoing development of advisers ...

ASIC releases CCIV guidelines

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC has released long-awaited regulatory guidelines relating to the registration and licensing requirements for Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles ahead of its July 1 implementation date. The information sheet (INFO 272) and report (REP 728) ...

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Australian financial services (AFS) licence. For part of that period, Guan was an authorised representative of an AFS licensee but his authorisation didn't permit him to trade shares on, or operate, managed discretionary accounts, ASIC said. The ASIC ...

ASIC issues warning to finfluencers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
The corporate regulator has issued information for social media influencers who discuss financial products and the licensees who use them, warning they face substantial penalties if their content contravenes financial services law. The information sheet ...

Fortnum hires engagement and growth leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
Fortnum Private Wealth made two senior hires who will oversee practice engagement and growth for the AFS licensee. Brisbane-based Simon Wright and Sydney-based Jaimie Ramsey joined Fortnum as practice engagement and growth managers as part of the licensee's ...

ASIC launches remediation review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
A new ASIC review will force licensees to improve identifying remediation issues and rectify and compensate consumers sooner. The corporate watchdog launched a new consultation with the advice industry to ensure that AFS licensees act efficiently, honestly ...