FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

Adviser Ratings has explored whether there is a financial benefit to advice firms seeking to have a specialised client base in terms of client assets and fees charged....

Financial planning

Two financial advice businesses are to merge in a bid to create a multidisciplinary professional services firm as part of AZ NGA’s “super firm” strategy....

Financial planning

Progressing digital advice and seeking breakeven in the advice division are part of AMP’s goals for the upcoming financial year as it approaches 1,000 financial advisers ...

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Schroders Australia, ClearBridge and GAM have all made new hires in their distribution teams, focusing on wealth and financial advisers. ...

Financial planning

The top salaries for financial advisers have risen by more than a third in the past year in one state, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters....

Financial planning

Findex has announced private equity firm Mercury Capital will acquire a 40 per cent stake in the company from KKR as it seeks to triple in size in the next five years....

Financial planning

Support from advisers alongside financial education continues to be an integral driver of older Australians’ contentment in retirement, according to new data from Challen...

Financial planning

The introduction of financial advice from superannuation funds and banks could see adviser numbers grow to as much as 25,000 in the future. ...

Financial planning

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....

Financial planning

One year since the FPA and AFA merged, Money Management speaks with FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood on what the combined organisation’s advocacy has accomplished....

Financial planning

Liberal senator Slade Brockman has said the government needs to have a “cold hard look” at the level of regulation in the financial advice space and the costs of running ...

Financial planning

FAAA chief executive, Sarah Abood, has warned changes in the first tranche of the QAR legislation around advice fees documentation could create more work for advisers rat...

Financial planning

The second CSLR levy period payable by financial advisers could increase to as much as $39.4 million if AFCA processes all DASS complaints by March 2025....

Financial planning

The proportion of new entrants who decide to remain in the financial advice profession is on the rise but overall numbers are still insufficient, according to Wealth Data...

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Advisers today have a unique opportunity to position themselves as indispensable allies and trusted counsel to these professionals, providing the safety net they need....

 

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