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Financial planning

Triple-digit new entrants boost FY26 gains

Adviser numbers have continued the winning streak for the 2025–26 financial year with the seventh consecutive week in the green, buoyed by a steady flow of new entrants....

Financial planning

Adviser numbers continue slow recovery after EOFY losses

The profession is up by almost 200 advisers for the new financial year, with August continuing the consistent weekly positive gains. ...

Financial planning

ASIC FAR compliance program just days away

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

Unpacking experience pathway’s impact on FAR

With the financial advisers register no longer distinguishing those who have used the experienced pathway to provide advice, how will this affect consumers and employers?...

Financial planning

FAAA members representing two-thirds of FAR

Advisers who joined the newly merged Financial Advice Association of Australia have risen 30 per cent from initially reported figures and now surpass 10,000 after it repo...

Financial planning

June sees spike in ceased advisers on FAR

The number of ceased advisers has risen by 73 advisers since the start of June and further losses are expecting in the run-up to the end of financial year....

Financial planning

Where does relevant provider registration with ASIC now stand?

ASIC’s senior executive leader, Leah Sciacca, has provided an update on the status of financial adviser registration with the regulator since it was delayed in November 2...

Financial planning

New FAAA members to dominate FAR

If all FPA/AFA members join, over half of the Financial Advisers Register could be members of the new FAAA and the organisation will have to work to meet the needs of the...

Financial planning

How many advisers are still yet to pass exam?

Data from ASIC has revealed the numbers of advisers on the Financial Adviser Register who are still yet to pass the financial adviser exam with only three sittings remain...

Expert Analysis

The runway to real retirement success

With popularity growing for holistic advice, writes Joanne Earl, there is further investigation to be done into why few people seek advice on their retirement....

Financial planning

Adviser numbers to drop to 17,200 this month

There is an expectation that the total number of advisers will drop to 17,200 in January, and thereafter to between 15,000 and 16,000....

Financial planning

How many advisers will be there in 2022?

Over 1,300 advisers are expected to drop off the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s register between now and the start of the next year....

Financial planning

Financial adviser registration to occur in two stages

The registration of financial advisers under the Better Advice Act will occur in two stages with the second commencing once the register transitions to the Australian Tax...