What women want: Changing the advice space for female clients

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JBWere Australia CEO, Maria Lykouras, and a female financial adviser have underscored how advice practices can better service female clients from communication and trust to investment selection.

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Betashares receives $300m investment to fuel growth trajectory

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ETF provider Betashares has secured $300 million in investment from Singapore-based Temasek which will acquire a stake in the business.

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Cost remains persistent barrier against retirement advice

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The high cost of receiving financial advice continues to be a barrier preventing half of retirees from seeking an adviser’s support, Vanguard’s latest data shows.

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How advice salaries will look in FY24–25

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The latest edition of the Hays annual salary report has broken down the expected average salary for a variety of senior and junior financial planning roles for the upcoming FY24–25.

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Ceasing advice licensees outweigh new players

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Just two financial advice licensees have commenced operations and seven ceased over the past two weeks, while total adviser numbers slip below 15,600 yet again.

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Will the QAR super requirement be as stringent as industry fears?

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ASIC has told the Senate economics committee that it expects the requirement for superannuation trustees to check Statements of Advice won’t be “highly prescriptive” and is only one possible form of evidence.

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Fiducian bolsters national advice franchise network

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Financial services firm Fiducian has added two new franchisees to its national advice network, one based in Victoria and the other in Northern Territory.

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Prime Value appoints distribution head from Magellan

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Investment boutique Prime Value Asset Management has appointed a head of distribution who joins the firm after almost nine years at Magellan Financial Group.

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Northern Trust announces ETF veteran as latest hire

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The investment manager said it has appointed an industry “visionary” to join the business as its new head of global ETFs and funds.

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