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More than 8,000 advisers using IRESS XPLAN

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
More than 8,000 advisers have opted for IRESS' XPLAN-CommPay solution to meet the Fee Disclosure Statement (FDS) requirements brought in by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the software provider has said. According to IRESS, the 'vast ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... licensee or a full time adviser?," adviser Troy Edmondson asked after handing back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and joining TAL-backed dealer group Affinia. Edmondson was the winner of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser ...

AFA Adviser of the Year hands back AFSL, joins Affinia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Adviser Troy Edmondson has handed back his Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and is going to joining Affinia because compliance obligations were taking him away from his clients, he said. Edmondson has handed back the licence of Queensland-based ...

Whittaker Macnaught advisers to operate under Financial Wisdom

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Whittaker Macnaught advisers will operate under Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Commonwealth Bank Wealth Management Advice said that this was the last step of its decision to close the Whittaker ...

AIOFP to provide Instreet structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Personal Choice Management (PCM), which provides investment services and products for AIOFP members. PCM is a member owned AFSL holding entity that utilizes the scale of AIOFP members to negotiate superior conditions for clients and advisers. "This new ...

Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... buyer will place a different weighting to the items that are most important to them. This list includes factors such as the AFSL of the vendor, whether there is a buyer of last resort, access to bank funding, client exposure to failed products, business ...

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Paragem Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)'s funds under advice (FUA) has reached $1.9 billion after three practices joined the group between May and June 2013. The practices are all fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... is more likely to be as a result of some medium size advisor groups losing their Australian Financial Services Licenses (AFSL)," Rainmaker director of research Andrew Keevers said. For example AAA Financial Intelligence which had its license revoked ...

Count eyes accounting firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... On July 1, 2013, accountants will be able to provide advice under new conditional Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) arrangements until June 30, 2016, when the accountants' exemption will be completely removed. "Accounting-based businesses ...

Practitioners ill equipped for business sale

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... differences along the way. Selling a business is made more difficult by the fact that Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) providers will rarely provide assistance if a sale will result in the practice leaving the AFSL. To assist practice owners ...