Three advisers share their experience and guidance when stepping up from an associate role to a provisional financial adviser, including the responsibility of managing their own clients for the first time.

The Federal Court has found Active Super made misleading representations regarding its ESG credentials, specifically around excluding Russian investments at the time of the Ukraine invasion.

There have been four major deals in the private markets space since March as asset managers look to capitalise on the rapid growth in demand for alternatives.

Former dealer group Libertas Financial Planning has given notice to AFCA to cease membership of the body’s external dispute resolution scheme, meaning victims will no longer to file a complaint.

The board of AFCA has appointed Professor John Pollaers for a second three-year term.

Advice licensee Sequoia has revealed the outcome of its extraordinary general meeting where a group of shareholders sought to remove chief executive Garry Crole.

ASIC has made an interim stop order preventing Australian Unity Funds Management from issuing or distributing interests in an income fund to retail clients after concerns over its reliance on a retail client questionnaire.

Newly launched advice business Freshwater Wealth is doubling down on its growth strategy as it looks to scale up its adviser footprint and Sydney client base.

As the end of the financial year quickly approaches, BT’s Bryan Ashenden shares his top tips for financial advisers and their clients, based on advisers’ most common queries.

ASIC has detailed to the Senate Economics Committee why it decided to pursue action against Dixon Advisory rather than the individual advisers involved in the wrongdoing.