Financial Services Guide
What is a Financial Services Guide?
This Financial Services Guide (FSG) is an important document. You should read it carefully and make sure you understand it.
This FSG is designed to help you decide whether to use any of the services provided by us and is issued by Carbon Investment Group Pty Limited ACN 634 223 911 (referred to as Carbon Investment Group, we, us or our).
This FSG includes information about:
Carbon Investment Group and how we can be contacted;
the financial services we are authorised under our Australian financial services licence to provide;
who are our authorised representatives
how we are paid; any relevant relationships or associations;
how we deal with complaints that you may have about our services;
information about internal and external dispute resolution systems and how you can access them; and
the compensation arrangements that we have in place.
Who is Carbon Investment Group?
Carbon Investment Group provides investing information, data analytics and commentary focusing on financial markets and solutions for an Australian audience. Our aim is to provide stock market data for investors of every kind in the hopes of helping people taking control of their financial lives.
Investment information and commentary may be provided in a number of ways, including:
Articles, audio recordings and videos on the Carbon Investment Group website; services; online discussion forums; occasional special reports; private email communications; and periodic online chats hosted by Carbon Investment Group.
The financial services we are authorised to provide:
Carbon Investment Group is authorised under the Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox Exemption to provide general financial product advice to retail clients.
General advice only – investment warning
All of our commentary, statements of opinion and recommendations in relation to financial products, whether in our publications or otherwise, contain only general advice. That is, those statements of opinion and recommendations have been prepared without taking into account your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. You should always consider the appropriateness of any general advice in our publications, having regard to your individual and financial circumstances before you act on the general advice.
You should also consider any product disclosure statement (PDS), prospectus or other disclosure documents relevant to any financial product referred to in any Carbon Investment Group content before making any decision about whether to acquire any such product. To obtain such documents you would need to contact the issuer of the relevant financial product or a distributor of the product.
Except for this FSG, you will not receive any other documents from Carbon Investment Group. Carbon Investment Group will not provide Statements of Advice, as it does not give personal financial product advice.
How are any fees, commissions or other benefits calculated?
Services
The prices listed are subject to change. Subscription fees are due in advance and unless otherwise specified in the product’s terms of service, are non-refundable. Paid subscriptions automatically renew, until you notify Carbon Investment Group of your decision to terminate your subscription.
On-line publications
Our articles and videos are available free of charge on our website. They may also be available on the websites of third parties that have licensed our content.
E-Letter
Our regular e-letter, Take Stock, is available free of charge for those investors who have provided us with a valid email address.
Special Free Reports
On occasion, we may offer special free reports to individuals who click on one of our adverts and provide us with a valid email address.
Employee Remuneration
Carbon Investment Group does not receive any other fees, commissions or benefits for the services it provides.
What relationships or associations do we have that might influence our advice?
Carbon Investment Group and its associated entities, and their respective directors, associates, connected parties and/or employees may from time to time deal in or otherwise have a financial interest in equities and other financial products referred to in its publications or other general financial advice it provides. Any individual who provides advice on behalf of Carbon Investment Group or contributes articles to our website must disclose if they have a financial interest or position in any share mentioned or discussed. Similarly, it will be disclosed to you if Carbon Investment Group has a beneficial interest or position in any share mentioned or discussed. You should review any disclosures made in particular publications as to interests Carbon Investment Group and its representatives may have in the financial products referred to in the publication.
Similarly, our company and other affiliates may have positions in the securities mentioned in our publications. Because we have no non-public knowledge of our parent and affiliates’ holdings, such interests are not disclosed.
All employees of Carbon Investment Group including those who prepare research and other advice are subject to a code of conduct and rules for their personal trading activities.
Neither Carbon Investment Group, nor any other member of The Carbon Investment Group, has otherwise any associations or relationships with the issuers of any products that might reasonably be expected to be capable of influencing Carbon Investment Group in the advice it gives.
How we handle complaints
Carbon Investment Group is committed to fair and transparent dealings with its clients. We have established complaints handling procedures to ensure that all enquiries and complaints are properly considered and dealt with.
Internal complaints resolution process
In order to investigate a complaint effectively you should provide to us your contact details and any relevant documents and other information that may support your complaint and its resolution.
Written complaints should be emailed to: info@carboninvestmentgroup.com.au
After we receive your complaint, we will acknowledge the receipt of your complaint by email or telephone and address your complaint promptly. If we determine that your complaint is justified, we will then decide what action should be taken in response. Possible steps include rectifying any mistake, providing you with additional information or documentation to enable you to understand what happened and how we have dealt with it or amending our policies, procedures or systems if a systemic or recurring problem has been identified.
The length of time we will take to resolve your complaint will depend on the nature and complexity of the issue you have raised, and the extent of the enquiries required to enable those issues to be addressed. We will endeavour to resolve the majority of complaints within 10 business days of receiving a complaint. For complaints that require further investigation or additional information from you or for any reason there is a delay in resolving the complaint, we will notify you within 10 business days of the date we receive the complaint and give you an indication of when we will resolve the complaint.
External complaints resolution process
External complaints may be submitted to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA provides fair and independent financial services complaint resolution that is free to consumers.
If you feel that your complaint was not dealt with to your satisfaction, you can contact AFCA on their free call line at 1800 931 678.
Alternatively, you can lodge a dispute via email at info@afca.org.au or submit your complaint to:
Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)
GPO Box 3, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia
Our compensation arrangements
We hold a professional indemnity insurance policy which provides insurance coverage, subject to its terms and conditions, for certain liabilities in connection with the professional services provided by our employees and contractors.
Your privacy
Carbon Investment Group is committed to protecting your personal information. For details on how we use and disclose your personal information, and how you can access and update it, please refer to our Privacy Policy, which is available on our website, www.carboninvestmentgroup.com.au You may also obtain a copy of our Privacy Policy by contacting us at info@carboninvestmentgroup.com.au contact details set forth below.
How can we be contacted?
You can contact us by telephone on (07) 3607 0562
email at info@carboninvestmentgroup.com.au
For further information:
If you would like to clarification of any of the matters discussed in this FSG, you can contact us using the contact details set out above.