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Electronic Verification of Identity Statement
As per the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) CDF is required to verify your identity before providing any financial services.
As part of the verification process, your name, address, and date of birth may be provided to a credit reporting body and reporting entities such as VIX Verify and Equifax, who will assess whether this matches the information held by them. They will use this information in addition to their own information to make the assessment.
The issuer or official record holder of any document you provide may be contacted to verify them by using the Government’s Document Verification Service. This document check may involve an approved third-party service.
The information you are providing is your personal information and you must have authority to provide it to CDF.
Note: It is an offence under the AML/CTF Act to provide false or misleading information about your identity.
- Should CDF not be able to verify your identity either electronically, or through alternate methods, CDF will not be able to provide the requested financial service.
- If you fail electronic verification, CDF may contact you and request you provide copies of additional identification.
CDPF Limited, a company established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, has indemnified the CDF Community Fund ABN 94 380 397 118 (the Fund) against any liability arising out of a claim by investors in the Fund. In practice, this means your investment is backed by the assets of Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. The Fund is required by law to make the following disclosure: Investment in the Fund is only intended to attract investors whose primary purpose for making their investment is to support the charitable purposes of the Fund. Investor’s funds will be used to generate a return to the Fund that will be applied to further the charitable works of the Catholic Church. The Fund is not prudentially supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority nor has it been examined or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). An investor in the Fund will not receive the benefit of the financial claims scheme or the depositor protection provisions in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth). The investments that the Fund offers are not subject to the usual protections for investors under the Corporations Act (Cth) or regulation by ASIC. Investors may be unable to get some or all of their money back when the investor expects or at all and investments in the Fund are not comparable to investments with banks, finance companies or fund managers. The Fund’s identification statement may be viewed here or by contacting the Fund. The Fund does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. The Fund has entered into an intermediary authorisation with CDFCF AFSL Limited ABN 49 622 976 747, AFSL No. 504202 to issue and deal in debentures.
