As the industry navigates the fallout from recent product failures, two major AFSLs have detailed their APL selection process and relationship with research houses, warni...
The impending retirement of financial advisers in their 50s could see the profession face significant succession challenges over the coming decade and younger advisers ma...
With a third of AFSLs being solo advisers, how can they navigate key person risk and ensure they are still attractive propositions for buyers when it comes to their succe...
A quarter of advisers who commenced on the FAR within the last two years have already switched licensees or practices, adding validity to practice owners’ professional ye...
While adviser numbers continue to slowly creep back up, the latest Wealth Data analysis reveals they would actually be in the green for the calendar year if it weren’t fo...
Iress has appointed a chief AI officer to spearhead the fintech’s strategic focus on AI, with chief executive Marcus Price describing how the technology opens the doors t...
The shift in scale and consolidation has led to substantial growth in large privately owned licensees, which have tipped past 20 per cent of advisers for the first time t...
ETF providers Betashares and BlackRock are reporting increased flows for currency hedged vehicles, but an adviser has warned on the potential tax implications of changing...
Bravura chair Matthew Quinn is to step down later this year, following the exit of CEO Andrew Russell, while its future priority is digital advice in Australia. ...
Financial advice has an important role to play in navigating family discussions around inheritance, according to CFS, with younger generations expecting a windfall of mor...
A former Sydney investment manager has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading regarding a potential takeover of Platinum Asset Management, having acquired $2.6 m...
As the firm enters a new growth phase, Orbis Investments managing director Jason Ciccolallo has said it is looking to strengthen relationships with retail advisers to ali...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...