FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

A new survey has found that less than a quarter of paraplanners hope to become a financial adviser, placing a hurdle in the way of boosting adviser numbers....

Financial planning

Two industry professionals have shared the vital role of graduate programs in attracting new entrants into the financial advice profession before they leave university....

Funds management

The interest rate environment of ‘higher for longer’ is prompting financial advisers to increase their weightings to fixed income and cash....

Financial planning

Fund manager DMX Asset Management is backing three different financial advice licensees in its Australian Equities fund as it expects an easing of industry headwinds will...

Financial planning

Sequoia has announced plans to boost growth by acquiring sub-scale licensees, noting only 2 per cent of AFSLs have more than 100 advisers....

Financial planning

The ASIC funding levy for 2022-23 has been reduced from its original estimates, after criticism that the increase to $3,217 per adviser was too high....

Financial planning

The number of advisers who have left the industry since the start of the year has reached triple figures, with 11 advisers leaving this week. ...

People & Products

A new digital platform has launched, which connects financial advisers with clients needing urgent support about matters such as divorce and adoption, as well as other pr...

Financial planning

Almost 3,000 advice practices have closed their doors in the past five years, but there is a “renewed purpose and direction” for those who remain, says Adviser Ratings....

People & Products

The Financial Advice Association of Australia has appointed two Sydney-based advisers and one Gold Coast-based adviser to its board, effective 20 November 2023. ...

Financial planning

Financial investment advisers have been identified as a job experiencing a national skills shortage while a Treasury report has found migrant advisers are among the least...

Financial planning

A Queensland financial adviser has detailed how the latest ASIC levy increase has caused him to double the ongoing advice fee for his clients to meet the cost....

Financial planning

With the industry currently sitting at some 15,679 advisers, Wealth Data has crunched the numbers to find the business model witnessing the most departures in the calenda...

Financial planning

After seeing dwindling numbers of advisers and losing a Federal court case regarding an unpaid AFCA determination, NextGen Financial Group is to be wound up....

Financial planning

Melbourne adviser, Tim Townsend, has launched his own financial advisory community called WealthLeaders eXchange to empower advisers and raise the bar of best practice....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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