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The advice profession lost 15 advisers over the past week, according to Wealth Data, partly due to a lower number of new entrants and advisers transitioning between licen...
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The cancellation of two AFSLs has caused adviser numbers to drop into the red this week after three weeks of growth, but one AFSL has seen a gain of 20....
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Wealth Data founder Colin Williams believes legislative changes mean there is ‘no excuse’ for further financial adviser declines as the number of new entrants struggle to...
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With the self-licensing trend here to stay, what are the estimated costs and insurance risks for financial advisers operating their own AFSL without the backing of a larg...
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Despite concerns about 2024 being a weaker year for adviser growth, the net gains for the financial year to date are exactly in line with the same time last year, althoug...
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With the previous financial year behind us, Wealth Data has unveiled the top 10 financial advice licensees in terms of adviser gains and declines over the 12-month period...
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Financial adviser numbers have gained headway this week, Wealth Data reports, marking a departure from six consecutive weeks of losses. ...
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The 2024 calendar year is now expected to report bigger losses than 2023, despite a strong start, as the last two weeks of June have seen heavy triple-digit adviser losse...
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Financial adviser losses this week are 10 times higher than those of the previous week, as many look to switch licensees before the end of the financial year. ...
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There have been four consecutive weeks of adviser declines as eight financial advisers depart the profession this week, with the majority leaving from Count....
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As YTD financial adviser growth approaches parity with 2023, Wealth Data’s Colin Williams is optimistic that adviser losses will be less severe than 2024 due to increasin...
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With the highest number of candidates in a year sitting the latest financial advice exam, a surge of new entrants are expected in the coming weeks, according to Wealth Da...
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With a weekly loss of 14 advisers led by declines at Count Financial, the financial advice industry has fallen below the 15,600 line....
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Wealth Data’s Colin Williams believes the idea of four financial advice firms failing per year, as put forward in CSLR estimates, is too low an estimate....
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With an increase of 25 advisers since the start of the year, Wealth Data has identified the licensee seeing the largest organic adviser growth. ...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...