RECRUITMENT

Financial planning

With financial advice firms exploring 4-day work weeks, 65 per cent of employees say they would be happy to work extended hours over four days with the finding transcendi...

Funds management

BDMs specialising in equities and fixed income report their bonuses are coming under pressure as investors opt for alternatives but salaries can still reach as high as $4...

Funds management

A recruitment firm specialising in funds management has been welcomed as a recruitment partner for this year’s awards....

Financial planning

Employers should not panic if remuneration budgets are too stretched to offer salary bumps, according to two recruiters, as staff say they are also attracted to a greater...

Financial planning

The FAAA has suggested looking offshore for overseas financial advisers to ease the adviser shortage, but are employers willing to take on the burden of workplace visas?...

Financial planning

Two industry executives have highlighted why financial advice practices are less focused on adviser recruitment, as technology means they can service more clients with fe...

Financial planning

Research by two recruiters has revealed whether salary or team culture is more important to financial services professionals when considering a new position....

People & Products

Recruitment manager Robert Half has shared the most in-demand roles in financial services that firms are finding difficult to fill, driven by ASIC’s growing focus on risk...

Funds management

As fund managers look to enhance efficiencies and reduce operating expenses amid active underperformance, former abrdn managing director Brett Jollie shares how to succes...

People & Products

ASIC chief executive, Warren Day, is among senior executives to depart the corporate regulator amid changes to its leadership team....

Financial planning

The top salaries for financial advisers have risen by more than a third in the past year in one state, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters....

Funds management

Private markets expertise is sought-after for investment operations hires as allocations to alternative assets rise, according to a recruitment firm, but there is a gap b...

Financial planning

Advice practices say salaries are taking up almost half of their revenue as the battle for talent heats up in an environment of adviser shortage, according to Business He...

Features

Retaining new entrants in the advice industry as they complete their Professional Year is a key focus for advice firms in 2024, with younger generations increasingly valu...

Financial planning

As persistent regulatory changes drive demand for risk and compliance teams, competition is heating up in the shallow talent pool, with firms taking up to six months to f...

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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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