The introduction of financial advice from superannuation funds and banks could see adviser numbers grow to as much as 25,000 in the future. ...
Wealth Data’s Colin Williams believes the idea of four financial advice firms failing per year, as put forward in CSLR estimates, is too low an estimate....
BT has appointed a new chief product officer to replace Kathy Vincent as the company moves towards becoming a “simpler and stronger business”....
One year since the FPA and AFA merged, Money Management speaks with FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood on what the combined organisation’s advocacy has accomplished....
As the first quarter of 2024 comes to a close, Money Management looks back on the corporate regulator’s bans and AFSL cancellations in the financial advice sector....
With the first financial adviser exam of the year under the new structure held on 26 March, candidates have described it “tough” despite changes – meaning questions are m...
A former Insignia advice firm Murray Nankivell, specialising in providing advice in regional South Australia, has joined the Count licensee. ...
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort has officially launched with 11 claims in the first levy period expected to be paid by 30 June 2024, one of which relates to Dixon ...
Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has been charged in court with 12 counts of dishonest conduct....
Insignia Financial is holding ‘relatively steady’ onto its rank as Australia’s second-largest financial advice licensee after the Godfrey Pembroke exit but Count is hot o...
Liberal senator Slade Brockman has said the government needs to have a “cold hard look” at the level of regulation in the financial advice space and the costs of running ...
FAAA chief executive, Sarah Abood, has warned changes in the first tranche of the QAR legislation around advice fees documentation could create more work for advisers rat...
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...
How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...