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Financial planning

Wealth Data has examined which advice business model has seen the most growth since the start of the year including those that offer holistic advice....

Financial planning

The industry has regained the majority of losses seen in the previous week, with one licensee seeing a gain of six new advisers. ...

Financial planning

The advice profession lost 15 advisers over the past week, according to Wealth Data, partly due to a lower number of new entrants and advisers transitioning between licen...

Financial planning

Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey has provided further details on the makeup of the firm’s advisers following churn after the Diverger deal. ...

Financial planning

Overall adviser numbers saw a gain last week with 10 new entrants, according to Wealth Data, but a major licensee lost four advisers. ...

Financial planning

Providing well developed professional year programs and offering flexible working arrangements are two key drivers leading to higher retention of new advice entrants, two...

Financial planning

The number of new entrants in the financial advice profession who have since departed this year has seen an improvement from the amount that left in 2023....

Financial planning

Two former United Global Capital advisers, which entered into liquidation earlier this month, have commenced at a new licensee, while overall adviser numbers have fallen ...

Financial planning

The number of ceased advice licensees this financial year is nearly four times higher than the previous period, likely driven by M&A activity among new AFSLs, writes Weal...

Financial planning

More than 100 new entrants have joined the financial advice profession so far in FY25, according to Wealth Data analysis, while AMP’s exit from advice will create a licen...

Financial planning

The cancellation of two AFSLs has caused adviser numbers to drop into the red this week after three weeks of growth, but one AFSL has seen a gain of 20....

Financial planning

WT Financial lost seven advisers over the past week but overall adviser numbers have welcomed a third consecutive week of double-digit growth....

Financial planning

The introduction of Rhombus Advisory has caused a shift in the top advice licensees as Insignia separates its advice business into two channels....

Financial planning

Wealth Data founder Colin Williams believes legislative changes mean there is ‘no excuse’ for further financial adviser declines as the number of new entrants struggle to...

Financial planning

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...

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