The tripartite deal between Fortnum and AZ Next Generation Advisory, announced earlier this week, to acquire the financial advice arm of Australian Unity is a “reasonable...

There are signs the financial advice industry is stabilising as Q3 2023 demonstrated the second-lowest number of exits in five years, according to Adviser Ratings’ quarte...

Membership of the FAAA declined by 11.7 per cent in the last financial year, according to its 2023 annual report, three times faster than the overall decline in adviser n...

Sequoia Financial Group has welcomed an additional five financial advisers to its ranks, reporting positive adviser growth in three out of four weeks this month, accordin...

After growth of more than 30 last week thanks to record advice exam results, the financial advice profession has once again backtracked with double-digit losses, Wealth D...

Insignia is fast becoming the licensee to feel the biggest brunt of adviser departures, losing 24 this week and over 100 in the past calendar year, which is three times t...

According to Wealth Data, less than a quarter of all financial advisers on the ASIC FAR are women, with the accounting and super fund business models having the highest n...

Following a loss of 23 advisers over the last two weeks, the licensee’s current adviser numbers sit at just 20 compared to more than 120 in 2019, Wealth Data reports....

The firm’s licensee services business was a “standout” despite weaker results in FY23, says CEO Garry Crole, with attracting existing advisers a key focus in this financi...

There are 300 more micro-AFSLs this year than in 2019, but the majority of advisers still work at large licensees with more than 100 advisers. ...

Almost half of the advisers who have departed this year have been in the industry for less than 10 years while older advisers are pinning their hopes on the experience pa...

AMP has fallen to less than 900, according to Wealth Data, some 10 months after dropping below the 1,000 milestone....

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, believes the industry can return to 30,000 advisers but new pathways are needed as it is unrealistic to expect people to w...

The financial planning-accounting business model is the only one to have seen growth in its adviser numbers since 1 July 2022, according to Wealth Data....