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'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
Lanterne Fund Services was issued a $1.25 million penalty by the Federal Court for failing to comply with basic obligations, including operating with almost no compliance staff or risk management processes. In July 2022, ASIC issued civil penalty proceedings ...

New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... it was found to be operating without one. For the time being, iExtend is operating under a Corporate Authorised Representative arrangement, acting as an agent of another AFSL. "We are delighted to have Peter join iExtend as chair and are fortunate to ...

iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... being rebuked by ASIC for operating without an AFS Licence, iExtend is now running under a Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR) arrangement for the interim. A CAR enables iExtend to act as an agent of an AFS Licensee, meaning it is authorised to ...

Centrepoint Alliance acquires Financial Advice Matters

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... months, contingent upon achieving a minimum EBIT contribution of $1.5 million. FAM became a corporate authorised representative of Centrepoint Alliance subsidiary Alliance Wealth in 2015. Since, Centrepoint Alliance said FAM has grown and has strongly ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... services by obtaining either their own AFS licence or obtaining status as an authorised rep or corporate authorised representative of an AFS licensee or Australian Credit Licensee." While this might seem like a small pool, their breadth and depth of ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
MobiSuper and its licensee will pay a $250,000 penalty for breaching superannuation advice laws while promoting the MobiSuper fund. MobiSuper and ZIB Financial will pay the combined penalty after the Federal Court found MobiSuper representatives had ...

ASIC takes Lanterne Fund Services to court

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
ASIC has issued civil penalty proceedings against wholesale licensee Lanterne Fund Services, saying it operated with almost no compliance staff or risk management processes. The regulator alleges that Lanterne has on multiple occasions failed to meet ...

Financial Masterplan advisers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... June 2016 until 25 May 2021 and were involved in the activities of Vision Wealth Group, a corporate authorised representative of Financial Masterplan. Vision Wealth established a website to attract clients by helping them find their lost super through ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... (financial) advice proposals. Under the bill, the TPB still has the responsibility for the Corporate Authorised Representative (CARs) and AFSL registrations, meaning compliance with TPB regulations is still required. "The current drafting does not meet ...

Draft advice reforms not enough: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia used its submission on the single disciplinary body for financial advisers to renew calls to remove the Tax Practitioners Board as a regulator of the sector. While the association welcomed the plan to ...
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