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Financial planning

The Sydney-based financial advice practice has appointed two new partners to meet rising client demand, particularly driven by the influx of intergenerational wealth tran...

Financial planning

WT Financial lost seven advisers over the past week but overall adviser numbers have welcomed a third consecutive week of double-digit growth....

Financial planning

There is less than a week to go before ASIC commences a compliance program on 1 August to ensure licensees have correct FAR records, and enforcement action is possible if...

Financial planning

A national financial advice firm is targeting advisers looking to leave large licensees and providing them with tools and financial backing to run their own business....

Financial planning

An equity partner firm of Count has acquired a Victorian accounting and financial planning business for $2.1 million, following its first M&A deal in February....

Financial planning

National advice group Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey in the newly created role of business growth and development manager to drive future growth, particularly...

Financial planning

The Australian Wealth Advisors Group has made its first equity partnership scheme investment into a Victorian financial planning firm as it forecasts multiple deals ahead...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has announced it is restructuring its business following a shareholder dispute which will see it reduce headcount by 10 per cent....

Financial planning

ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Sydney advice firm, the first action it has taken in the new financial year....

Financial planning

ASIC says spot checks have “identified errors and inconsistencies” on the Financial Advisers Register and urged AFSLs to assess the accuracy of their records....

Financial planning

As the financial year comes to a close, ASIC has suspended the AFSL of a Melbourne financial services firm following an investigation by the regulator....

Funds management

ASIC has cancelled the AFS licence of a Victorian fund manager and banned its managing director for four years after discovering “significant and systemic failures of ove...

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of a Melbourne advice licensee in order to protect investor funds amid an ongoing investigati...

Financial planning

A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....

Financial planning

Compliance experts have warned there is potential for the experience pathway to be abused if licensees fail to check whether an individual has the necessary 10 years’ exp...

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