FINANCIAL ADVISERS

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Despite concerns about 2024 being a weaker year for adviser growth, the net gains for the financial year to date are exactly in line with the same time last year, althoug...

Financial planning

A rising number of financial advisers – known as insourcers – are opting to take the investment selection process upon themselves, says Investment Trends’ Irene Guiamatsi...

Financial planning

While technology plays a vital role in efficient financial advice firms, it remains just one piece of the wider puzzle in driving overall productivity, writes Business He...

Financial planning

Newly merged advice firm Forbes Fava Saville Financial Planning has appointed a former Insignia practice development manager to the general manager of operations role....

Financial planning

With the previous financial year behind us, Wealth Data has unveiled the top 10 financial advice licensees in terms of adviser gains and declines over the 12-month period...

Financial planning

Financial adviser numbers have gained headway this week, Wealth Data reports, marking a departure from six consecutive weeks of losses. ...

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

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

ASIC has permanently banned a former Western Australia-based financial adviser after he falsified his adviser exam certificate....

Financial planning

Three months since Godfrey Pembroke officially exited Insignia Financial’s institutional AFSL, Money Management speaks with CEO Mark Fisher on his path to becoming an adv...

Financial planning

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

The 2024 calendar year is now expected to report bigger losses than 2023, despite a strong start, as the last two weeks of June have seen heavy triple-digit adviser losse...

Financial planning

With financial advice leaders often wearing too many hats in the business, two consulting professionals underscore the value of letting go and empowering staff to drive g...

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....

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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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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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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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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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