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There are almost 2 million Australian millionaires, UBS’ new report shows, with the proportion set to grow by a further 400,000 people by 2028....

Financial planning

Insignia Financial has unveiled a new operating model and executive team, including a new head of advice, while three senior executives are set to depart the licensee....

Financial planning

Over three-quarters of financial advisers say they struggle with staff recruitment, according to BT, as it rounds up the top 10 challenges which plague the industry....

Financial planning

Details have been shared regarding the failures in an adviser’s non-compliant statements of advice which led to a three-year ban as well as how improvements in his behavi...

Financial planning

Investment Trends has uncovered the annual average technology spend of financial advice firms and how advisers are adopting artificial intelligence in their everyday proc...

Financial planning

With the 2023–24 financial year behind us, Money Management takes a look back on the financial advice licensees that were hit with enforcement action by ASIC in the past ...

Financial planning

ASIC has released the exam results for its June sitting of the financial adviser exam....

Financial planning

With the median annual advice fee up by 58 per cent from 2018, financial advisers are being encouraged to ensure clients confidently see value in the price they pay each ...

Financial planning

A financial adviser who was permanently banned for falsifying his financial adviser exam result has seen the banning amended following a successful appeal to the Administ...

Financial planning

Count has divested its Bentleys WA business for a lower purchase price than initially forecast....

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

Adviser Ratings’ latest report has unearthed which two Australian states are servicing the highest number of clients and enjoying the largest funds under advice. ...

Financial planning

The Financial Advice Association Australia has detailed strategies that can improve advice efficiencies without the need for legislation....

Funds management

PIMCO has discussed how advisers can have conversations with clients who are eager to “time” their re-entry back into bond markets with possible rate cuts....

Financial planning

Data from Adviser Ratings’ upcoming Advice Landscape Report has painted a picture of the average advice practice in 2024, including the profit margins and revenue of top-...

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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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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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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 cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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