With less than one-third of Australian business owners seeing an adviser, Business Health has detailed how advice practices can successfully target this underserved client segment.

The financial advice industry has reacted to the appointment of Dr Daniel Mulino as the new Minister for Financial Services, with hopes for improvements in legislation and education standards.

The investment and wealth management firm has welcomed four new hires from Bell Potter Securities, strengthening its presence in the Queensland advice market.

Financial advice technology provider intelliflo has launched three new dashboards to help advisers monitor and demonstrate their business performance as they consider inorganic growth.

The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016.

While fund managers are eager to launch active ETFs to appeal to advisers, EY has found two-thirds of ETF flows are going into extremely cheap passive offerings with an expense ratio of less than 25 basis points.

Advisers need to closely scrutinise how much volatility exists in private assets during their portfolio construction and how this is demonstrated by the providers, according to commentators.

Consulting firm Bain & Company has shared how it believes the wealth management industry can be transformed and three questions firms should consider.

As the ESG and sustainable investment market undergoes greater consolidation, three commentators explore how financial advisers can explain a fund closure or renaming to their clients.