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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. 

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Authorised representative

As an AFS licensee, you can appoint an authorised representative 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 Professional Registers Search.

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. 

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 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 transactions in ASIC Connect.

User guides

Signing up and using ASIC Connect

Appoint an authorised representative and/or adviser

Register a financial adviser

Update details of an authorised representative and/or adviser

Cease an authorised representative and/or adviser

Removing an authorised lodger