A growing number of Australians plan to seek advice in the next 12 months, but less than 10 per cent are prepared to pay the average advice fee, according to the latest A...
With the end of financial year around the corner, maximising concessional super contributions and 2024 tax planning will be on advisers’ minds....
Contrary to claims that finfluencers are a more accessible alternative to advisers, this licensed finfluencer believes she plays a complementary role towards easing inves...
Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...
Professional year candidates should be self-motivated and both them and their supervisors need to understand it could take far longer than one year, according to panellis...
Peter Orszag, chief executive of financial advisory since 2019, has been named CEO of Lazard, effective 1 October 2023. ...
Red tape has been suffocating financial advice for years. It’s time for regulators to turn their attention to the army of emotionless robots who will be joining the profe...
The investment manager has announced the creation of two new divisions and outlined a new structure bringing together its superannuation and non-superannuation businesse...
Monthly complaints have fallen, but they could rise again by opening the scope of advice to other providers, according to AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice S...
Sustainable cashflow is the apex for financial advice firms today and growth can be a bitter pill to swallow amid growing compliance and administration costs, writes Umes...
One of the fundamental roles of a financial adviser is to understand the needs and objectives of each client and provide strategy and product advice recommendations that ...
Vanguard research has revealed that Australians who seek advice and have a clear retirement plan have the highest levels of confidence about their future....
As the industry awaits government action on Michelle Levy’s recommendations, one big question looms: Why are so few Australians getting financial advice?...
In its 2023 Landscape report, data agency Adviser Ratings has examined what you can expect from the average financial adviser and their practice in Australia....
The latest annual Adviser Ratings Landscape report has revealed state-wide statistics and which ones are coming out on top by increasing their clients and their funds und...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...