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Two advice platforms have been identified by Adviser Ratings as standouts for efficiency as time-pressured advisers become evermore fickle in their platform selection. ...

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Private wealth manager Escala Partners has increased its alternatives allocations to more than a third in the past three years, describing the asset class as offering “fe...

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The Financial Services Council has recommended implementing a per capita limit per annum for financial advisers when it comes to the CSLR levy to allow them to expand the...

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DASH Technology Group has seen a 49 per cent uplift in its carrying value and is completing a new capital raising, having already received $30 million from growth investo...

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At the halfway point of the year, consolidation pressures continue to drive financial services M&A with three areas identified as targets for asset and wealth managers, a...

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With advisers expressing a reluctance to invest in cryptocurrency, advised clients are tending to have a smaller allocation to the asset than their unadvised peers. ...

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After surviving significant evolutions of the Australian financial advice industry, The Advisers Association is now celebrating a century of advocating for advisers....

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ASIC is calling on licensees to review their client onboarding practices to avoid vulnerabilities associated with share sale fraud, noting particular concerns in the use ...

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Aussie wealth manager Shaw and Partners has made its entry into the New Zealand market with a 75 per cent acquisition of investment firm Investment Services Group....

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A panel of advisers have argued charging fees accordingly is a top priority for the industry, but Peloton Partners has found firms are reluctant to increase them until th...

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Equal weighted ETFs are gaining ground with financial advisers, according to AUSIEX, as they believe they can bring balance to client portfolios....

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Financial services software and technology provider Fin365 has appointed a new executive chairman to the board to support the firm’s strategic growth plans....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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