registration

Financial planning

How many advisers are yet to register with ASIC?

ASIC has issued a final reminder to unregistered financial advisers as the 16 February deadline looms and confirmed the progress made by advisers since the extension....

Financial planning

ASIC agrees to extend adviser registration date

Following statistics that thousands of financial advisers are yet to complete their financial adviser registration, ASIC has agreed to extend the deadline. ...

Financial planning

Concerns raised about backdated adviser resignations

There are concerns regarding registrations on the Financial Advisers Register as smaller licensees close with backdated resignation dates. ...

Financial planning

Govt delays financial adviser registrations

The Government has delayed financial adviser registration from January until 1 July, 2023 with registration to open in Q2 2023....

Financial planning

Is clarity needed over individual registration for advisers?

The roles of the adviser and licensee may need to be more clearly defined for the individual adviser registration regime to properly function. ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC cancels accounting firm licenses

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broken new ground cancelling the licenses of two accounting firms for failing to obtain membership of the Austral...

Policy & Regulation

TPB signals focus on professional standards

The Tax Practitioners Board has revealed it currently has around 400 current investigations into tax practitioners, as the Federal Court upholds its decision to ban a for...