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FASEA reforms see ASIC register swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... 28,863 on the register, 28,333 are active financial advisers. A further 1329 are limited to providing financial product advice on SMSFs or a person's existing hold in a superannuation product. It is likely many of the 3379 new registrations were ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
... that Westpac Securities Administration Limited (WSAL) and BT Funds Management (BTFM) provided personal financial product advice to 15 customers over the consolidation of superannuation accounts. WSAL and BTFM are only permitted to provide general advice ...

Former MyPlanner adviser fails best interests test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... a review by ASIC of client files found that in some instances Allen had failed to provide appropriate financial product advice. It was also discovered that he had failed to make reasonable enquiries into his clients' relevant personal circumstances before ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... from September 2013 that staff were not complying with general advice obligations and instead giving "financial product advice"; Contravened conflicted remuneration provisions of the Corporations Act via the distribution agreement; and Engaging in misconduct ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... the former adviser, after ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking preventing Jayaweera from providing financial product advice to retail clients in February 2016. Civil proceedings were commenced by the regulator against Jayaweera and Growth Plus in ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... exemption was removed from the Corporations Regulations in July 2016, accountants who wish to provide financial product advice either must hold an Australian financial services licence or act as a representative of a licensee. Additionally, ASIC highlighted ...

Best interest duty failures lead to EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... had a relationship with, HUB24. Further, clients were not provided with statements of advice for the financial product advice they received. In response, HUB24 said it had no commercial arrangements with Orth or Real Wealth. "There are over 1000 advisers ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... of advice (SOA). The enforceable undertaking will see Wright undergo additional training in providing financial product advice and must adhere to strict supervision requirements for 12 months. His advice will be audited by an authorising licensee before ...

ASIC successfully files injunction against Melbourne advice provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... December resulted in the business being prohibited from carrying on a financial services business; provide financial product advice or deal in financial products; enter into credit contracts as a credit provider; and promote, advertise or offer loans ...

Countplus searches for new CFO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... of one of its subsidiaries Total Financial Solutions Australia (TFSA). Dobinson provided inappropriate financial product advice to some 520 small retail clients between January 2013 to December 2015 following an ASIC investigation. As part of its strategic ...