AFSL

Financial planning

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based advice firm and is aware it had recommended investments that included the now-liquidated Global Capital Property Fund an...

Financial planning

The regulator has cancelled the AFSL and credit licence of liquidated Ultiqa Lifestyle Promotions following a $19,000 unpaid AFCA determination that was paid by the CSLR....

Financial planning

Head of client partnerships at GBST, Ashley Mahadeea, has left the business after seven years to join My Dealer Services, which helps advisers become self-licensed. ...

Funds management

The global financial services firm has taken on a second AFSL as it looks to capitalise on the high-net-worth market in Australia....

Expert Analysis

One of the apparently happy outcomes of QAR Tranche 1 was the introduction of relief from having to provide a Financial Services Guide but it turns out this was not all i...

Financial planning

Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....

Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a $250 million Sydney fund manager, one of two AFSL cancellations announced by the corporate regulator....

Financial planning

ASIC has shared data on its licensing activity during the 2023–24 financial year, including how many were cancelled or suspended....

Financial planning

Sydney-based financial advice firm Sherlock Wealth has announced it is now operating under its own AFSL, one week after Andrew Sherlock took over as its chief executive....

Financial planning

Stantins Financial Services, a Melbourne-based wealth management and consulting firm, has moved under AMP’s AFSL to help drive growth in the business....

Financial planning

The AFSL of a Victorian firm authorised to provide financial product advice has been cancelled as the business is being wound up, and the firm is the subject of an ASIC i...

Financial planning

Money Management compiles ASIC’s enforcement action against financial advisers and licensees during the third quarter of 2024, including sentencing, bannings and FSCP act...

Financial planning

Commentators have discussed how value for money is becoming more critical than ever as licensee fees rise and failure by an AFSL to provide this is driving them to self-l...

Financial planning

With a growing number of advisers now running their own business, they need to pivot their career identity to being a business owner rather than just as a financial advis...

Financial planning

Overall adviser numbers saw a gain last week with 10 new entrants, according to Wealth Data, but a major licensee lost four advisers. ...

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