GBST has announced multiple enhancements to its digital advice practice management system, WealthConnect, to create further efficiencies for financial advisers and their clients.

E&P Wealth’s focus is shifting to expand its client base as it completes the migration of clients into its retail wealth management division as well as provides an update on its class action.

Advisory firm Giles Wade has partnered with US-based Asena Family Office to help it launch an Australian arm offering advice and asset management services.

Future IM/Pact has launched a mentoring and advocacy program to make it easier for investment teams to recruit future talent as financial services is found to have one of the widest gender gaps.

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has confirmed the start date for consumers to lodge claims with the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort as well as its first chair.

Only three out of the 10 largest advice licensees have seen net growth in their financial adviser numbers since the beginning of the 2024 financial year, according to Wealth Data.

Over half of advisers are now using managed accounts with their clients, according to Adviser Ratings, a rise of 50 per cent since 2019.

Centrepoint Alliance has reported a 63 per cent NPAT growth for 1H24 and is looking into its existing licensee network to enact their own acquisitions as they look for succession plans.

Technology platform Praemium expects to be able to grow FUA on the OneVue platform by 50 per cent to $6 billion within 18 months of its acquisition.

Australian investment managers are pivoting away from retail investors and towards the allure of private clients, according to Sentient Group, while the sophisticated investor test remains under fire.