FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

With advice firms thinking about scaling up in 2025, research has detailed the main avenues financial advisers say they have used for successful recruitment. ...

Financial planning

Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has announced its finalised industry funding levy, detailing how much licensees will have to pay for the 2023-24 financial year and how it compares to original estim...

Financial planning

The potential $2.7 billion bid for Insignia from US private equity player Bain Capital could be hard for shareholders to resist and would “open the floodgates” for US fir...

Financial planning

The FSCP has issued its second written reprimand this week against an adviser who provided incorrect advice to clients regarding the non-concessional cap....

Financial planning

A close competition has seen AMP Financial Planning lose its long-held position as Australia’s largest individual licensee, according to Wealth Data....

Funds management

NRL legend and four-time premiership winner, Cooper Cronk, has signed on at Viola Private Wealth as a brand ambassador as the firm targets individuals with niche careers ...

Financial planning

National advice firm Viridian Advisory is encouraging school leavers to consider financial advice as a future career choice, having taken almost 20 individuals through it...

Financial planning

The Financial Services and Credit Panel has delivered a written reprimand to an adviser that it said failed to ensure their client understood their CGT liability....

Financial planning

The proportion of candidates passing the advice exam in 2024 has risen by more than a third but a notable gap exists between those who have qualified and those who are ac...

Financial planning

Financial advisers who optimise client referrals to achieve organic growth will be best placed for success in 2025, according to Dimensional, and could attract attention ...

Funds management

Financial advisers are demonstrating interest in smart beta ETFs, according to VanEck, who are using it as an alternative to active management. ...

Financial planning

The development of a new advice document presents a “blank canvas” for advisers to create a suitable document replacing statements of advice, says Adviser Ratings....

Financial planning

A former South Australian financial adviser, who also authored two personal finance books, has been banned by ASIC for a period of seven years....

Financial planning

ASIC has released the results for the November sitting of the financial adviser exam, with the pass mark sitting substantially higher than in August....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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