FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Just two financial advice licensees have commenced operations and seven ceased over the past two weeks, while total adviser numbers slip below 15,600 yet again....

Financial planning

As clients exhibit their willingness to “test the waters” with their wealth providers, an EY leader underscores why client retention is vital for financial advice firms ...

Funds management

ETF provider VanEck has added four new hires as it seeks to increase its market share with financial advisers. ...

Financial planning

Four financial advice businesses have joined forces to form Esencia Wealth, which has opened its new Sydney office with over 1,000 clients and 10 advisers....

Financial planning

Risk management and compliance system Fourth Line has partnered with insurance broker Numerisk to launch a new PI insurance solution for financial advice practices....

Features

Financial advisers report experiencing trust issues from consumers still distrustful after the Hayne royal commission and in their own staff, but overall trust levels are...

Financial planning

This senior consultant has emphasised why ‘playing the long game’ of cultivating a desirable work culture is vital for high-performing financial advice firms and their te...

Funds management

The global asset manager has appointed a Sydney-based relationship manager from Netwealth to strengthen its partnership with the financial adviser community....

Financial planning

The role of a financial adviser is becoming more about investor management than investment management, according to Morningstar, with a greater emphasis placed by clients...

Financial planning

As YTD financial adviser growth approaches parity with 2023, Wealth Data’s Colin Williams is optimistic that adviser losses will be less severe than 2024 due to increasin...

Financial planning

A former financial adviser has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for inappropriate advice, among multiple breaches....

Financial planning

Insights from Ensombl has ranked practice management as the most frequently discussed topic among financial advisers as many move away from a licensee to set up their own...

Financial planning

The decision to scale up a small advice practice can be a difficult judgement call. Money Management speaks with two advisers on whether the potential gains outweigh the ...

Financial planning

Two Victoria-based financial advice practices have merged and rebranded as Forbes Fava Saville Financial Planning, as the firm realises the benefits of added scale. ...

Financial planning

The corporate regulator has permanently banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser that “dishonestly attempted to induce clients to transfer their superannuation into a b...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

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....

3 weeks ago

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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