In light of recent ASIC investigations, Assured Support has outlined how compliance programs can fail within advice practices and licensees if they are treated as “neces...
The Financial Advice Association Australia has met with Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, to discuss their concerns about the escalating costs of the Compen...
A dispute between Sequoia Financial Group and individual Tim McGowen has reached a conclusion, following a problematic acquisition of three companies....
The Financial Services and Credit Panel has made its first determination in over three months with the relevant provider pulled up on their statements of advice....
Adviser Ratings’ quarterly data has uncovered the top 10 financial advice licensees for growth and losses in the second quarter of the 2024 calendar year....
Back in 2014, the proportion of optimistic advisers sat at 55 per cent, but how has the past decade and the fallout from the Hayne royal commission changed things?...
Financial advice licensee Fiducian has shared its FY24 results, reporting consistent net inflows of $281 million from its adviser network....
AZ NGA’s Paul Barrett unpacks why the firm is the right home for 16 AMP-aligned advice practices and how its M&A history will facilitate the long-term growth ambitions of...
WT Financial managing director Keith Cullen believes it is “halcyon days ahead” for financial advice as it completes a four-year period of M&A activity, with the licensee...
The Bravura cost-out restructure has been achieved with lower costs and in a faster time than initially expected, CEO Andrew Russell said, allowing the business to return...
Wealth management platform BT and alternative markets data provider Preqin have teamed up to provide financial advisers with greater education and transparency on private...
JANA Investment Advisers has announced it will deliver tailored managed account services to a self-licensed advice firm in Melbourne to meet its diverse client needs....
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...