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IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer has highlighted the regulator's expanding role in the SME registration space. Speaking at the National Council of Small Business Australia Conference in Sydney, Tanzer noted that small businesses, with fewer than 20 employees ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... (unregistered) and the Paladin Monetizer Fund (ARSN 153 294 083) are no longer in operation. Exalt has also requested its AFS licence be cancelled.

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... head of asset services - Ian Rae has been appointed to BNP Paribas' newly-created role of head of asset and fund services (AFS) Australia and New Zealand.

BNP appoints Australia head of asset services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
BNP Paribas has appointed an executive to the newly-created role of head of asset and fund services (AFS) business line in Australia. Ian Rae will be reporting to BNP head of Australia and New Zealand, David Braga, and globally to head of AFS Operations ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... insurance campaign that saw more than 74,000 consumers sign up. However the company did not hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Following ASIC concerns, the company applied for an AFS licence. Kemp Strang Lawyers will undertake a further ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... registration applications. The regulator said the goal of the report is to "provide greater transparency and understanding of ASIC's AFS and credit licensing and professional registration activities," and that it would subsequently be reissued on a half-yearly ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...

Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Software provider Midwinter has revealed its "holistic" digital advice solution, with the company insisting it's not 'robo advice'. Based on the company's AdviceOS software, the platform will enable clients of AFSLs to self-process simple scaled advice ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The advice industry is divided over how to fund an insurance scheme to compensate clients who receive bad advice. A rise in professional indemnity premiums is only compounding the problem. Senators Nick Xenophon and Sam Dastyari proposed a statutory ...

Wealthsure to cancel AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Wealthsure Group will request for its Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence to be cancelled, following the acquisition by Sentry Group. Wealthsure (WPL) has already transferred some of its authorised representatives to Wealthsure Financial Services ...