FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Adviser Ratings’ quarterly data has uncovered the top 10 financial advice licensees for growth and losses in the second quarter of the 2024 calendar year....

Financial planning

Back in 2014, the proportion of optimistic advisers sat at 55 per cent, but how has the past decade and the fallout from the Hayne royal commission changed things?...

Financial planning

Wealth management platform BT and alternative markets data provider Preqin have teamed up to provide financial advisers with greater education and transparency on private...

Financial planning

There have not been any determinations by ASIC’s Financial Services and Credit Panel for the last three months compared to nine bannings by the corporate regulator over t...

Financial planning

Two financial advisers have identified the “magic number” of advisers within a practice to achieve maximum efficiency and greater work/life balance....

Funds management

US fund manager T. Rowe Price says it is committed to Australia despite closing its Australian equities strategy with a focus on global equity funds for the intermediary ...

Financial planning

More than 100 new entrants have joined the financial advice profession so far in FY25, according to Wealth Data analysis, while AMP’s exit from advice will create a licen...

Financial planning

The Sydney-based financial advice practice has appointed two new partners to meet rising client demand, particularly driven by the influx of intergenerational wealth tran...

Financial planning

Of those financial advisers indicating they are looking to leave the industry, three-quarters are advisers aged under 40 which is presenting a problem for future growth....

Financial planning

For financial advisers looking to outsource their investment decision-making, selecting the right investment provider means prioritising cultural alignment and scalabilit...

Features

A new report has unearthed seven key megatrends that financial advisers need to prepare for to stay ahead of the game and not be left behind by peers....

Financial planning

Given the clear divergence between the cost of financial advice and clients’ willingness to pay, two experts explore how advisers can transform the way they convey value ...

Financial planning

A new report has forecast how adviser numbers would look in five years’ time and the rate of expected annual growth....

Financial planning

The investment platform has released a suite of improvements for its users, designed to enhance adviser efficiency and optimise client engagement....

Financial planning

Wealth Data founder Colin Williams believes legislative changes mean there is ‘no excuse’ for further financial adviser declines as the number of new entrants struggle to...

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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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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016....

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