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Research from Rainmaker Information has revealed the AFSLs that experienced the largest net growth in number of financial advisers last year. ...

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Financial planning

Tyson Scholz is suspected in carrying on a financial services business and promoting courses and seminars on Twitter and Instagram without a licence....

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Financial planning

Frederick Ackerman has been banned by the corporate watchdog for four years and the advice firm he was an authorised representative of, Pure Strategy, had its licence can...

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Financial planning

Queensland-based financial services firm Fentborough has seen its Australian financial services licence cancelled for failing to lodge documentation. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The application follows an investigation by the corporate regulator after concerns unlicensed financial services were being conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic when mo...

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Financial planning

The additional Australian financial services licence conditions imposed on Societe Generale Securities Australia a year ago have been removed from 3 June, 2021. ...

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Financial planning

There have been rising cases of advisers who have found themselves as subjects of a breach without their knowledge after applying for their own Australian financial servi...

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Financial planning

Robert Bayntun Starky has failed to pay an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination and failed to lodge 2020 audited financial accounts....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is pushing for the current adviser authorisations issued by licensees to be morphed into professional registrations under the new singl...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted it has discretion over the so-called ASIC levy, and has pointed to Federal budgeting for driving the cur...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has suspended the Australian financial services licence of Queensland-based financial services provider Investors Exc...

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Policy & Regulation

Both licences were cancelled because the firm failed to demonstrate it has the competence and resources to provide financial services and credit activities. ...

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Features

Money Management is continuing its wealth management series, in which we are speaking to financial planning groups to hear their views on the industry. This month, Money ...

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Life/Risk

Financial advisers should be granted as much leeway as lawyers in providing assistance with insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has leveraged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s affordable advice review to drive home its policy for financial ad...

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