Abstract:The licenses include AFS and ACL. It also canceled 558 licenses.
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) released its annual licensing report on Friday, revealing that it has approved 578 new licenses between July 2021 and June 2022, which is an increase of 26 percent from the prior year.
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The regulator received a total of 1,469 applications for the Australian Financial Services (AFS) license and Australian Credit License in the period. Additionally, the finalized application figure went up 35 percent to 1,859.
Furthermore, ASIC approved 867 license variation applications from the existing license, which is a jump of 61 percent from the previous year.
Meanwhile, the Aussie regulator withdrew or rejected 416 license applications for lodgement. Another, 558 licenses were cancelled, while 12 were suspended. On top of that, it withdrew 21 professional registration applications and refused 11.
“The report outlines our important license assessment work and gatekeeping role to maintain high standards in the financial services and credit industries,” said ASICs Commissioner Danielle Press.
“Our gatekeeping role is highlighted by our assessment of debt management firm license applications. Fourteen debt management firm applicants withdrew their applications following questions and concerns raised by ASIC during [the] assessment. This was at a rate nearly three times higher than a typical credit licensing application.”
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