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Financial advisers and authorised representatives

As an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee, you can appoint financial advisers and authorised representatives to your AFS licence. Financial advisers must also be registered with ASIC before they can provide personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products.

You can update the details of your financial advisers and authorised representatives online, including their authorisations, qualifications and address.听

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Authorised representative

As an AFS licensee, you can appoint an听authorised representative听to:

  • provide specified financial services, and/or
  • appoint other authorised representatives on your behalf.

For more information, see Information Sheet 91 Who can be an authorised representative of an AFS licensee (INFO 91).

Appoint an authorised representative

Before you can appoint an authorised representative to your AFS licence, you need to link the authorised representative to your ASIC Connect account.

To appoint an authorised representative to your AFS licence using ASIC Connect. When you appoint an authorised representative, they are listed on the .

See associated information:

Refer to the following user guides collated below:

  • User guide: How to link authorised representatives to your ASIC Connect account
  • User guides: Signing up and using ASIC Connect
  • User guides: Appoint an authorised representative and/or adviser

Update or correct an authorised representative's details

To update or request a correction to an authorised representative's details using ASIC Connect, follow step-by-step instructions in the user guide.

Refer to the following user guide collated below: Update details of an authorised representative and/or adviser.

Cease (remove) an authorised representative

To remove an authorised representative from you licence using ASIC Connect, follow these step-by-step instructions in the user guide.

Refer to the following user guide collated below: User guides: Cease an authorised representative and/or adviser.

Financial adviser

As an AFS licensee, you must notify ASIC when you authorise a financial adviser, provisional financial adviser or time-share adviser under your AFS licence.

Appoint a financial adviser

When you authorise an adviser, you must appoint the adviser to the Financial Advisers Register using ASIC Connect.听

Refer to the following user guide collated below: User guides: Appoint an authorised representative and/or adviser.

When you appoint an adviser, they are listed on the听Financial Advisers Register.

Register a financial adviser with ASIC

As an AFS licensee, you can apply to register a financial adviser with ASIC after they have been appointed to the Financial Advisers Register. For more information and step-by-step instructions, see Register a financial adviser with ASIC.

Update or correct an adviser's details

When an adviser's details change, you must update their details on the Register using ASIC Connect. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the user guide.

Refer to the following user guide collated below: User guides: Update details of an authorised representative and/or adviser.

Cease (remove) an adviser

To remove an adviser from you licence using ASIC Connect, follow these step-by-step instructions in the user guide.

Refer to the following user guide collated below: User guides: Cease an authorised representative and/or adviser.

User guides for financial advisers and authorised representatives

Our user guides provide step-by-step instructions for financial advisers and authorised representatives completing听transactions in ASIC Connect.

User guides

Signing up and using ASIC Connect

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Appoint an authorised representative and/or adviser

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Register a financial adviser

Update details of an authorised representative and/or adviser

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Cease an authorised representative and/or adviser

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Removing an authorised lodger

Your ASIC key is a unique number used in ASIC Connect that helps us establish your identity and protects your business information by making sure only you and those you have authorised can access it.

Learn more about ASIC keys

What is a corporate key?

A corporate key is an 8-digit number uniquely associated with a company鈥檚 ACN. Your company needs only one corporate key.

Learn more about corporate keys

An invitation key is a unique key to register for, or connect to an entity in, the ASIC Regulatory Portal.

Learn more about invitation keys听

Your industry funding security key is a unique number used to launch an online transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal that will enable us to calculate your final industry funding invoice. You will be prompted to submit business activity metric information on the operation of your business in the previous financial year.

Learn more about industry funding security keys

Last updated: 24/02/2025 11:02