COLIN WILLIAMS

Financial planning

Insignia has lost 31 advisers this week, according to Wealth Data, narrowing the already-small gap between them and AMP Group. ...

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Financial planning

The merger between superannuation funds Hostplus and Statewide Super has caused a busy week for adviser movements with only a net of five advisers leaving the industry th...

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Adviser numbers this week have seen a slight uptick to 17,197 with a positive net change of four advisers, largely driven by nine new provisional advisers joining the ind...

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Financial planning

Adviser numbers this week have seen a slight uptick to 17,197 with a positive net change of four advisers, largely driven by nine new provisional advisers joining the ind...

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Financial planning

This week saw another decline in adviser numbers, driven by AMP and Insignia, with fewer advisers switching to new licensees. ...

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Financial planning

It looks like the pace of advisers existing the industry has stabilised, with a net change in adviser numbers having been pushed into a positive territory for the second ...

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Financial planning

Small licensees are further expected to close in the coming weeks with the number of advisers expected to reach between 15,000 and 16,000 this year, according to Wealth D...

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Financial planning

The net change in adviser numbers between 23 December and the second week of January was 603, with that number expected to grow further in the weeks ahead....

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Financial planning

The financial advice industry is finishing the year with a loss of 2,189 advisers, however the worst is yet to come, according to Wealth Data....

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Financial planning

Over 1,300 advisers are expected to drop off the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s register between now and the start of the next year....

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Financial planning

The first week of December sees heavy losses again in adviser numbers with a net change of advisers of over 120 while the net losses for the year stood at 2,062, accordin...

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Financial planning

The combined adviser losses at AMP and IOOF year-to-date is at 171 compared to 143 for all other licensees....

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Financial planning

The forecast pass rate for the last two exams only stands at 50% as the majority will be re-sitting, according to Wealth Data....

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Financial planning

Almost all adviser groups experienced adviser losses in 2021 except small self-licensed advisers which has been the “one area of growth”, according to Wealth Data....

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Financial planning

Under 40% of financial advisers are members of the largest professional body representing financial planners in Australia, according to data....

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