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Certified Wholesale – SMSFs and Accountant’s Certificates
21 Jan 2025
David Court
PartnerOne of the more popular methods used to treat investors as wholesale clients is through the use of accountant's certificates. Financial advisers and accountants need to be aware of…...
Read moreAs a credit licensee, can you sign the Annual Compliance Certificate?
18 Jan 2025
Ursula Noye
Senior AssociateIf you are a credit licensee, you must lodge an annual compliance certificate with ASIC within 45 days of your licensing anniversary each year. Your licensing anniversary is the anniversary…...
Read moreIs the end coming for the Sophisticated Investor?
17 Jan 2025
David Court
PartnerThe distinction between wholesale and retail clients is a fundamental part of the financial services laws. The continuing increase in retail client regulation over recent years and the increasing…...
Read moreWhy Australian Financial Services Licensees absolutely MUST prioritise cyber-resilience
17 Jan 2025
David Court
Partner12-18 November is Fraud Awareness Week, and once again, cyber-resilience is a hot topic. As a licensee, do you wonder what you legally have to do? Before we tell…...
Read moreDo I really need to do Responsible Manager (RM) Training?
16 Jan 2025
Samantha Hills
PartnerYou’re busy. You have a business to run and services to deliver. On top of that, your compliance consultant is saying you need to do Responsible Manager training. Is…...
Read moreEfficiently, Honestly and Fairly – What does it mean?
10 Jan 2025
Grant Holley
Co-Founder & ConsultantI’d like some “Efficiently, Honestly and Fairly” please, with a dash of “community expectations” thrown in.[1] I would like to start with what is, I think, an unarguable proposition. No…...
Read moreASIC v HSBC: Is “adequacy” enough to manage cybersecurity risk?
20 Dec 2024
Ursula Noye
Senior AssociateWhile Optus and Medibank come to mind when we think of cyber incidents, ASIC is increasingly enforcing its regulatory priority of licensee failures to have adequate cyber-security protections. Think RI…...
Read moreAdvice fees from super – important changes for advice licensees
04 Dec 2024
Samantha Hills
PartnerIt pays to understand super trustees’ obligations as modified by the DBFO Act when it comes to advice fees. For an advice licensee, this will be useful when it comes…...
Read moreInsurance commission consent – conflicted remuneration escape hatch
25 Nov 2024
Samantha Hills
PartnerLicensees who provide financial product advice in relation to general insurance, life insurance or consumer credit insurance will be familiar with the exemption from conflicted remuneration for commissions on these…...
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