ASIC – Australian Financial Services Authorised Representative Dataset

###Update July 2025###

From 10 July 2025, the following changes will be applied to the Australian Financial Services Authorised Representative dataset.
Where the AFS_REP_STATUS is Ceased then all address fields will be blank.
Where the AFS_REP_STATUS is Current and the AFS_REP_ADD_COUNTRY is outside of Australia then AFS_REP_ADD_LOCAL, AFS_REP_ADD_STATE, AFS_REP_ADD_PCODE will be blank.

###Update April 2022###

We have replaced the .xlsx file resources for all our datasets. This was required due to the API and web page search functionality no longer being supported for .xlsx files on the Data.Gov platform.

###Update November 2018 - frequency change to Australian Financial Services Authorised Representatives dataset ###

From 15 November 2018, the Australian Financial Services Authorised Representative dataset will be updated weekly every Thursday. 

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###Dataset summary###
ASIC is Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. ASIC contributes to Australia’s economic reputation and wellbeing by ensuring that Australia's financial markets are fair and transparent, and supported by confident and informed investors and consumers.

Australian Financial Services Representatives are required to maintain their details on ASIC's registers. Information contained on the Australian Financial Services Representatives Register is made available to the public to search via the ASIC Connect website.

Selected data from the register will be uploaded each week to www.data.gov.au. The data made available will be a snapshot of the register at a point in time. Legislation prescribes the type of information ASIC is allowed to disclose to the public.

The information in the downloadable dataset includes:

* Register Name
* Australian Financial Services Representative number
* Australian Financial Services Licence number
* Representative name
* ABN
* Organisation Number (eg ACN) 
* Other role
* Date representative was appointed
* Appointment status
* Date representative appointment ceased (if applicable)
* Australian Financial Services Representative's principal business Address suburb
* Australian Financial Services Representative's principal business Address State/Territory
* Australian Financial Services Representative's principal business Address postcode
* Australian Financial Services Representative's principal business Address Country
* Cross endorsements
* Authority to appoint other representatives (Yes/No)
* Appointing authorised representative number (if applicable)
* Australian Financial Services authorisations
* Same authorisations as licensee (Yes/No)
* Australian Financial Services Representative related business names

Additional information about financial advisers can be found via [ASIC's website](http://www.asic.gov.au/ "ASIC's website"). Accessing some information may attract a fee.   

More information about searching [ASIC's registers](http://www.asic.gov.au/online-services/search-asics-registers/ "ASIC's registers").   


Tags: AFS Authorised Rep, AFS Authorised Representative, AFS Rep, AFSR, ASIC, Australian Financial Services Authorised Representative, Australian government, Federal government, Register
Organization: Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)