How many Dixon complaints has AFCA processed?

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AFCA has revealed to Money Management the number of Dixon Advisory complaints it has closed so far out of the more than 2,700 total complaints received.

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FAAA ramps up focus on career changers

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The Financial Advice Association Australia is launching a new brand awareness campaign that includes promoting the advice profession as an attractive option for career changers.

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How are licensees using AI?

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ASIC has conducted a report into how AFSLs are starting to use artificial intelligence in their practices and possible areas where they could come unstuck from a governance perspective.

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Preparing for the end of a client-adviser relationship

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With four in 10 advisers viewing the intergenerational wealth transfer as a threat to their practice, Business Health explores what to do when an established client relationship comes to an end.

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Financial services hunt for M&A amid strong balance sheets

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Financial services leaders are “all cashed up with nowhere to grow” when it comes to M&A activity, according to Deloitte, with 90 per cent saying they have strong balance sheets ready for an acquisition.

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Iress’ Walsh joins board of advice boutique

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The former Iress chief executive has joined an NSW advice firm, Profile Financial Services, as an independent non-executive director.

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Advisers eager to increase private equity allocations

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Half of financial advisers and wealth managers in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their clients’ exposure to private equity and multiprivate asset solutions, according to a survey by Schroders.

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The 5 questions sitting front of mind for advised clients

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Natixis Investment Managers has highlighted the top five questions that Australian financial advisers are hearing from their clients amid increasing economic uncertainty and volatility.

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‘Mere disclosure is not enough’: Avoiding conflicts of interest breaches

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AFCA has urged financial advice firms that when recommending a product to clients where it receives any benefits, advisers must go beyond merely disclosing conflicts of interest.

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The culture clash of public and private markets

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As fund managers are urged to diversify their product ranges, they are finding a faster way to do this is via an acquisition of existing firms but experts say it is not without potential culture clashes.

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