INSIGNIA FINANCIAL

Financial planning

Wealth Data has revealed the top 10 financial advice licensees for adviser growth and losses in the last year, even as the industry rounds out at 15,667 advisers for 2023...

Financial planning

The number of financial advisers has stabilised above the 15,600 mark as 2023 comes to an end, while Wealth Data confirms AMP now leads as the largest licensee....

Financial planning

Two advice licensees have lost more than 26 per cent in their share price since the start of 2023, while another has seen gains of 35 per cent. ...

Financial planning

With Insignia’s sale of Millennium3 expected to see 140 advisers moving over to WT Financial by mid-December, this could cause a shift in which licensee closes out the ye...

Financial planning

While the FSC largely supports the final tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms, the FAAA is “deeply concerned” about possible negative implications of t...

Superannuation

Super trustee OnePath Custodians has been ordered to pay $5 million for fees for no service misconduct, less than six months after being fined $1.4 million by APRA....

Financial planning

In his final shareholder speech, Renato Mota, reflects on his tenure as Insignia CEO and the long-term competitive advantage of the business despite its sharp share price...

Financial planning

WT Financial Group managing director, Keith Cullen, believes the current M&A activity in financial advice is long overdue, having been accused of “running into a burning ...

Financial planning

The diversified financial services group has entered a $2 million purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of a financial advice network owned by Insignia Financial....

People & Products

Gai McGrath, chair of BT Funds Management, has been appointed non-executive director at Insignia Financial and is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2024....

Financial planning

Following the announcement of a proposed Advice Services Co at the beginning of the quarter, Insignia Financial has provided further details about this new model for its ...

Financial planning

With Insignia Financial chief executive Renato Mota announcing he will depart in February 2024, Money Management takes a look at his five years in the leading role. ...

People & Products

Insignia Financial chief executive, Renato Mota, has announced he will step down from the company after 20 years with the business. ...

Expert Analysis

With the sweeping superannuation reforms on 1 July 2017, there has been a slew of new terminology and thresholds to contend with, and this has understandably led to some ...

Financial planning

Insignia is fast becoming the licensee to feel the biggest brunt of adviser departures, losing 24 this week and over 100 in the past calendar year, which is three times t...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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