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Investment Trends has uncovered the annual average technology spend of financial advice firms and how advisers are adopting artificial intelligence in their everyday proc...

Financial planning

ASIC has permanently banned a former Western Australia-based financial adviser after he falsified his adviser exam certificate....

Financial planning

Three months since Godfrey Pembroke officially exited Insignia Financial’s institutional AFSL, Money Management speaks with CEO Mark Fisher on his path to becoming an adv...

Financial planning

With the financial advisers register no longer distinguishing those who have used the experienced pathway to provide advice, how will this affect consumers and employers?...

Financial planning

The 2024 calendar year is now expected to report bigger losses than 2023, despite a strong start, as the last two weeks of June have seen heavy triple-digit adviser losse...

Financial planning

With financial advice leaders often wearing too many hats in the business, two consulting professionals underscore the value of letting go and empowering staff to drive g...

Financial planning

ASIC says spot checks have “identified errors and inconsistencies” on the Financial Advisers Register and urged AFSLs to assess the accuracy of their records....

Financial planning

As the 2023–24 financial year comes to a close, Money Management reviews the financial advisers who fell under the regulator’s enforcement spotlight....

Financial planning

The Responsible Investment Association Australasia has announced an upcoming adviser-focused course to launch next month about ESG integration in advice firms....

Financial planning

Data from Adviser Ratings’ upcoming Advice Landscape Report has painted a picture of the average advice practice in 2024, including the profit margins and revenue of top-...

Financial planning

As financial advisers seek out practice management support, the purpose of BDMs has shifted beyond just selling investment products to providing invaluable guidance to ad...

Financial planning

Multiple financial services organisations, including the FSC and FAAA, are calling for better handling of financial abuse, with financial advisers being “uniquely positio...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are encountering problems when it comes to navigating the technicalities of superannuation decumulation, according to BT, as well as how to best plan f...

Financial planning

There are six critical factors that high-performing financial advice businesses have in common, new data from VBP-backed Elixir Consulting highlights....

Financial planning

JBWere Australia CEO, Maria Lykouras, and a female financial adviser have underscored how advice practices can better service female clients from communication and trust ...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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