While the overall gender wage gap has decreased slightly, the Financy Women’s Index reveals the gap has widened for employees in the financial and insurance services sect...
A Gold Coast-based financial adviser has been banned for four years by the corporate regulator after he provided inappropriate advice for Next Generation Advice regarding...
With $34.9 million in cash on its balance sheet, Fiducian executive chairman Indy Singh has said the licensee won’t be rushed into making large advice acquisitions or pay...
ETF provider VanEck is set to launch its latest smart beta ETF – the MSCI International Growth ETF– ushering in a new growth international equities strategy....
Advancing research on the use of artificial intelligence in financial services, AMP has announced a strategic partnership with UNSW Sydney. ...
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...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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...