Inorganic growth is the trend of the day for licensees as multiple chief executives indicate how they intend to grow their businesses in 2024. ...
Advisory firm Giles Wade has partnered with US-based Asena Family Office to help it launch an Australian arm offering advice and asset management services. ...
E&P Wealth’s focus is shifting to expand its client base as it completes the migration of clients into its retail wealth management division as well as provides an update...
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of NextGen Financial Group, following the Federal Court’s order in November for the firm to be wound up in in...
Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has confirmed the start date for consumers to lodge claims with the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort as well as its firs...
Only three out of the 10 largest advice licensees have seen net growth in their financial adviser numbers since the beginning of the 2024 financial year, according to Wea...
Dixon Advisory is a prime example of ASIC’s lack of enforcement action and wrongdoing will continue unless there are “heads on spikes”, according to Senator Andrew Bragg....
Centrepoint Alliance has reported a 63 per cent NPAT growth for 1H24 and is looking to its existing licensee network to enact their own acquisitions as they look for succ...
Over half of advisers are now using managed accounts with their clients, according to Adviser Ratings, a rise of 50 per cent since 2019....
ASIC has shared findings on the role of advice licensees in the oversight of superannuation fund performance, highlighting their approved product lists and use of researc...
As persistent regulatory changes drive demand for risk and compliance teams, competition is heating up in the shallow talent pool, with firms taking up to six months to f...
Senator Andrew Bragg has shared his biggest takeaway from chairing the Senate’s ASIC inquiry ahead of the publication of its final report, while calling for a wider finan...
Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...
Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...