WEALTH DATA

Financial planning

Adviser numbers are off to a good start for 2024 with double-digit gains for the first two weeks of the year, according to Wealth Data....

Financial planning

The financial advice profession can expect to see more advisers forming their own practice instead of sticking with major licensees in 2024, leading to greater industry c...

Financial planning

Wealth Data has revealed the top 10 financial advice licensees for adviser growth and losses in the last year, even as the industry rounds out at 15,667 advisers for 2023...

Financial planning

The number of financial advisers has stabilised above the 15,600 mark as 2023 comes to an end, while Wealth Data confirms AMP now leads as the largest licensee....

Financial planning

Two advice licensees have lost more than 26 per cent in their share price since the start of 2023, while another has seen gains of 35 per cent. ...

Financial planning

With Insignia’s sale of Millennium3 expected to see 140 advisers moving over to WT Financial by mid-December, this could cause a shift in which licensee closes out the ye...

Financial planning

Money Management reviews the total number of financial advisers active with appointments or resignations throughout November, as Wealth Data reports another 75 changing l...

Financial planning

Macquarie Group’s releasing of nine financial advisers has driven double-digit losses for the industry this week, Wealth Data finds. ...

People & Products

The tripartite deal between Fortnum and AZ Next Generation Advisory, announced earlier this week, to acquire the financial advice arm of Australian Unity is a “reasonable...

Financial planning

Six new financial advice licensees have begun operations in the past week and zero ceased, Wealth Data reveals, with more than 100 licensee owners commencing in 2023 alon...

Financial planning

The number of advisers who have left the industry since the start of the year has reached triple figures, with 11 advisers leaving this week. ...

Financial planning

Membership of the FAAA declined by 11.7 per cent in the last financial year, according to its 2023 annual report, three times faster than the overall decline in adviser n...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has welcomed an additional five financial advisers to its ranks, reporting positive adviser growth in three out of four weeks this month, accordin...

Financial planning

Advice licensees are opening faster than they are closing, and licensee owners with less than 20 advisers have grown by over 200 since the start of the year, new figures ...

Features

The number of profitable practices channelling their time, capital and resources into self-licensed ventures is on the rise, a trend which larger licensees are observing ...

 

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Chris Cornish

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