Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Legitimacy of the current Australian Financial Services licensee-authorised representative licensing model: theory and Australian empirical evidence

This thesis comprises eight chapters. Chapter 1 provides the standard introduction found in most theses and evident in the foregoing. Then a secondary study in Chapter 2 serves to discuss the background to licensing advisers in Australia, Chapter 3 will develop the conceptualised theoretical framework for examining the legitimacy of the current AFSL-AR licensing model. Details of the empirical survey and method of quantitative and qualitative analyses closes Chapter 4. Chapter 5 explains the scope, difficulties encountered and results of the study. In Chapter 6, the discussion focusses on the main findings. Chapter 7 has a duplicate purpose. The study will close with concluding remarks in Chapter 8.