AFSLS

Financial planning

ASIC is seeking to publish firm-level data on the reportable situations and internal dispute resolution regime, in hopes that advice licensees will “lift their game”....

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

Financial planning

With ASIC suing FIIG Securities for alleged failures in its cyber security measures earlier this month, two firms have urged AFSLs to stay vigilant against ongoing cyber ...

Financial planning

A wide range of strategic priorities are set to fall under the corporate regulator’s enforcement spotlight in the next 12 months, including the risk management and data s...

Financial planning

The number of ceased advice licensees this financial year is nearly four times higher than the previous period, likely driven by M&A activity among new AFSLs, writes Weal...

Financial planning

Three months since Godfrey Pembroke officially exited Insignia Financial’s institutional AFSL, Money Management speaks with CEO Mark Fisher on his path to becoming an adv...

Financial planning

With the 2023–24 financial year behind us, Money Management takes a look back on the financial advice licensees that were hit with enforcement action by ASIC in the past ...

Financial planning

The Financial Advice Association Australia’s Anne Palmer believes new entrants can no longer rely on large advice licensees for recruitment, leaving the obligation to sma...

Financial planning

ASIC has reminded AFSLs they have just three business days until obligations come into force to notify ASIC of an adviser accessing the experience pathway within 30 days,...

Financial planning

Hundreds of AFSLs with retail authorisation must now report internal dispute resolution to ASIC by 29 February as the final tranche of the regime’s implementation kicks i...

Financial planning

While the Quality of Advice Review is expected to positively impact financial adviser numbers, Rainmaker’s new projections underline the continuous challenge they face to...

Financial planning

Whilst micro-AFSLs’ numbers continue to grow, larger licensees including AMP and Insignia Financial are struggling to hold down their advisers....

Policy & Regulation

The bill will allow courts to be empowered to approve or vary the method for distributing claim proceeds to non-members of the scheme....

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Policy & Regulation

To reduce the reporting burden, the corporate regulator is allowing licensees to batch upload reports that derive from a single root cause as part of the new breach repor...

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Financial planning

The corporate regulator has released its protocol around how licensees should be reference checking prospective financial advisers they wish to employ. ...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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