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Insignia Financial has proposed slashing staff redundancy pay arrangements by 58 weeks, potentially making it one of the lowest in the industry. ...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has confirmed chief executive Garry Crole will remain at the firm until June 2026 but will work on a succession plan for his replacement....

Financial planning

Proactive compliance risk management has become both a “regulatory necessity” and a “cornerstone of ethical excellence” for financial advice licensees, this compliance pr...

Financial planning

With the self-licensing trend here to stay, what are the estimated costs and insurance risks for financial advisers operating their own AFSL without the backing of a larg...

Financial planning

A national financial advice firm is targeting advisers looking to leave large licensees and providing them with tools and financial backing to run their own business....

Financial planning

An equity partner firm of Count has acquired a Victorian accounting and financial planning business for $2.1 million, following its first M&A deal in February....

Financial planning

With the end-of-financial-year adviser gains and losses finalised, how does this year’s movement affect the ranking of the top three licensees?...

Financial planning

National advice group Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey in the newly created role of business growth and development manager to drive future growth, particularly...

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 2023–24 financial year behind us, Money Management takes a look back on the financial advice licensees that were hit with enforcement action by ASIC in the past ...

Financial planning

The Australian Wealth Advisors Group has made its first equity partnership scheme investment into a Victorian financial planning firm as it forecasts multiple deals ahead...

Financial planning

Sequoia Financial Group has announced it is restructuring its business following a shareholder dispute which will see it reduce headcount by 10 per cent....

Financial planning

Some 41 per cent of financial advisers say they have no conflicts of interest in their business, according to Holley Nethercote, indicating a fundamental lack of understa...

Financial planning

ASIC has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of a Melbourne advice licensee in order to protect investor funds amid an ongoing investigati...

Financial planning

ASIC has reminded AFSLs they have just three business days until obligations come into force to notify ASIC of an adviser accessing the experience pathway within 30 days,...

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James Patterson

How much did IRESS pay Deloitte for this analysis? Not sure they are the arbiter of intelligent forecasting in this spac...

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Howard Elton

Article makes no comment that the advisers leaving industry are older and have many years of work an life experience w...

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Peter Robinson

This article appears to overlook the fact that there must be a fairly large group of advisers who missed out on the expe...

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ASIC has secured travel restraint orders against a financial adviser while he is the subject of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct....

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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....

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Analysis by Chant West of the annual performance of growth superannuation funds has uncovered which ones see the best performance....

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