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Findex has announced private equity firm Mercury Capital will acquire a 40 per cent stake in the company from KKR as it seeks to triple in size in the next five years....

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With 4.2 financial advice firms expected to fail per year, what type of problems can occur that could cause a licensee or micro-AFSL to go under?...

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Sequoia Financial Group has received a defence and counterclaim from Tim McGowen regarding the acquisition of Informed Investor....

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The head of Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has been charged with four counts of engaging in dishonest conduct....

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Top-performing business development managers are seeing bonuses of up to 90 per cent of their salary as new investment products and advisers’ usage of managed accounts me...

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The Joint Associations Working Group has issued a statement urging the government to fix the Quality of Advice Review legislation to prevent an “unworkable” path forward....

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Count Financial’s acquisition strategy shows no signs of slowing down, as the company’s equity firm acquires a $1.4 million stake in a Gold Coast accounting business....

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With a weekly loss of 14 advisers led by declines at Count Financial, the financial advice industry has fallen below the 15,600 line....

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The Federal Court of Australia has pushed back a decision on the class action settlement for two weeks....

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Advisers need to expand their understanding of responsible investing in response to Australia’s increasing demand, according to an RI specialist....

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Wealth Data has revealed which financial advice licensee has lost the greatest number of advisers this financial year-to-date, with the firm declining by 59 advisers over...

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With the first quarter of 2024 behind us, Money Management takes a look back at the biggest M&A deals in financial advice over the period....

 

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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