The Licensing Pathway

We are very pleased to report that we are now assisting a growing number of credit businesses of all sizes to gain their Australian Credit Licence (ACL) in 2010.

We have been somewhat surprised that the majority of clients are opting, straight out, to allow us to provide our complete licensing service, thereby taking all the uncertainty and headaches out of the process.

Nonetheless, this is not to say there has not been strong uptake on the QED Risk Services Australian Credit Licensing Application Kit.

However, either way, our clients are all reporting to be very pleased with the most important part of our services – education! Our Kit has the great advantage of killing two birds with the one stone – informing the business owner of their obligations and options, at the same time as actually completing the basic requirements.

Clients taking our full service are even better informed. Â Our targeted fact-find on a client’s business is not a mere check-list of things to do. Far from it. There are many ways in which to write policy documents, especially complicated items like risk management programmes. QED Risk Services ensures that their clients are provided with completely tailor-made solutions that are all about their business and not about just trying to sell the client something they can’t practically use.

But the service doesn’t end with a Licence. The pathway as a Licensed financial entity in Australia is a long and winding one and we are pleased that our clients are almost invariably choosing to retain QED Risk Services’ services post-licensing as their key, strategic partner to help them work through licensing matters.

But we also recognise that the majority of the industry, right now anyway, is concentrating on the task at hand. We’re glad we are here to provide assistance.

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 July, 2010

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