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Advisers shun major institutions, 500 exit: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... profession of about 8500 between 2015 and 2019. By 1 January 2019, advisers had to be registered on the Financial Adviser Register (FAR) if they wanted to avoid the transition period to upgrade their professionally accepted qualifications. "But when ...

ASIC permanently bans Queensland adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... Financial Services Licence (AFSL) in 2016 but has not held an AFSL since August 2019. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Abdalla was an authorised under Fortress Wealth Partners and My Money Co, both linked to AFSL Holdings Australia. ...

Adviser permanently banned for faking qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... from October 2021 to December 2021 and then again between March 2022 and March 2023, however the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (ASIC FAR) was updated to remove the second appointment after the firm became aware of Vee's misconduct. He was previously ...

Clime to offload Madison Financial Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... Trust, for about $4.5 million. At that time, it had 103 active advisers. As of last Thursday, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows it has 61. Once they transition, Infocus will be home to more than 210 advisers. Infocus will have some $16 billion ...

Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... lack of honesty, integrity, judgement, trustworthiness and professionalism." According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Dzawo held a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Finance and Financial Planning) from Deakin University and held no industry ...

Adviser numbers plateau

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... AMP Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population dipped 2% from 15,881 this time last year. The numbers appear to waver around this figure as ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... MyPlanner Professional Services and was not able to provide advice on SMSFs. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, while at MyPlanner, he failed to meet the annual CPD requirements. MyPlanner had its licence cancelled by ASIC in 2020 after ...

Adviser numbers stable at 15,650

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... tally of qualified professionals has decreased 1% year on year - a net loss of 214 advisers. Using ASIC Financial Adviser Register data, the analysis found that AMP Financial Planning still has the highest number of representatives with 477. It had 546 ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... now cancelled this company's AFSL as well. The ban was effective 5 December 2023. According to ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, between September 2010 and January 2015, Pagliaccio jumped between at least six different licensees. His ASIC FAR record ...

Former AMP adviser banned by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... procurement of client signatures. Mink was licensed by AMPFP from 2004 to October 2020. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Mink was a Certified Financial Planner and member of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia. In June, ASIC ...
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