AFSL

Financial planning

National advice group Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey in the newly created role of business growth and development manager to drive future growth, particularly...

Financial planning

The Australian Wealth Advisors Group has made its first equity partnership scheme investment into a Victorian financial planning firm as it forecasts multiple deals ahead...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has announced it is restructuring its business following a shareholder dispute which will see it reduce headcount by 10 per cent....

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Sydney advice firm, the first action it has taken in the new financial year....

Financial planning

ASIC says spot checks have “identified errors and inconsistencies” on the Financial Advisers Register and urged AFSLs to assess the accuracy of their records....

Financial planning

As the financial year comes to a close, ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Melbourne financial services firm following an investigation by the regulator....

Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Victorian fund manager and banned its managing director for four years after discovering “significant and systemic failures of ove...

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of a Melbourne advice licensee in order to protect investor funds amid an ongoing investigati...

Financial planning

A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....

Financial planning

Compliance experts have warned there is potential for the experience pathway to be abused if licensees fail to check whether an individual has the necessary 10 years’ exp...

Funds management

A Sydney-based subsidiary of a private equity firm has received an infringement notice for alleged serious failures from the Markets Disciplinary Panel....

Financial planning

From cyber security threats to external reviews, financial services law firm Holley Nethercote has uncovered the most notable compliance concerns for AFSLs....

Financial planning

Licensees are being reminded to take prompt action once their licence is granted as ASIC cancels the AFSL of a Sydney firm....

Financial planning

Financial services firm Fiducian has added two new franchisees to its national advice network, one based in Victoria and the other in Northern Territory. ...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has made a suspension and a cancellation of the AFSL of two Queensland-based firms. ...

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