ADVISERS

Financial planning

Given the ongoing ultra-low numbers of new advisers entering the industry post 2018, adviser losses equate to around 760 advisers each year since, according to Wealth Dat...

Financial planning

The roles of the adviser and licensee may need to be more clearly defined for the individual adviser registration regime to properly function. ...

Financial planning

The number of advisers has slightly stabilised after a couple of busy weeks at the end of the financial year, with numbers looking more optimistic in the coming weeks, ac...

Financial planning

Current environmental, social and governance funds that only screen out negative industries and are heavy on technology have “hamstrung” advisers looking for sustainable ...

Financial planning

Registrations close today for the July exam but sitting next month would give advisers the opportunity to sit again in 2022 if they fail. ...

Financial planning

The decrease in adviser roles number this week was almost twice as many as the loss of actual advisers at 100 and 53, respectively, due to double authorisations, accordin...

Financial planning

The group that just acquired Sentry is looking to continue its expansion to become one of the biggest mid-tier independent financial planning groups by organic growth and...

Financial planning

There are close to 700 advisers who have passed the FASEA exam but are listed as ‘ceased’ by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, according to data....

Financial planning

Another 10 licensees chose to shut down, a move that represented a loss of a total of 17 adviser roles during a single week, according to HFS Consulting. ...

Financial planning

Another eight licensees chose to close this week, which translated into a loss of 15 adviser roles, while the number of actual advisers continued to drop to 22,201. ...

Financial planning

Advisers on maternity leave, paternity or otherwise looking to work part-time are being offered a flexible fee model by Centrepoint Alliance....

Financial planning

Financial advisers can comfortably continue to provide clients with assistance around life insurance claims handling thanks to greater regulatory clarity provided by the ...

Financial planning

More than 200 adviser roles have been lost year to date compared to 761 lost roles in the first quarter of 2020, according to HFS Consulting’s analysis. ...

Financial planning

Advisers have said they would be unlikely to impose blanket bans on complex products but that making large allocations could affect their professional indemnity insurance...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has seen its adviser numbers drop below 800 this week, according to HFS Consulting....

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