INSIGNIA

Financial planning

Financial adviser has been identified as a job that is at “high risk from AI disruption”, but industry commentators say such technologies will enhance their role rather t...

Financial planning

New Insignia Financial CEO Scott Hartley has detailed the impact of the Godfrey Pembroke exit and the progress in resetting its financial advice model on its latest quart...

Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke Group has reappointed Lonsec as its research and investment consultant partner, while the licensee transitions out of Insignia Financial’s institutional ...

Financial planning

Insignia Financial is holding ‘relatively steady’ onto its rank as Australia’s second-largest financial advice licensee after the Godfrey Pembroke exit but Count is hot o...

Financial planning

With three years of M&A activity under its belt, WT Financial reflects on its recent acquisition of Millennium3 from Insignia and says it is now well positioned to achiev...

Financial planning

Inorganic growth is the trend of the day for licensees as multiple chief executives indicate how they intend to grow their businesses in 2024. ...

Financial planning

With Count’s acquisition of Diverger set to complete on 1 March, the firm will overtake Insignia Financial as the second-largest financial advice licensee in Australia....

Financial planning

Insignia believes performance in its advice division will be less strong in the second half of the year as it exits from Godfrey Pembroke....

Financial planning

Insignia Financial has reported an NPAT loss of $49 million in the first half of FY24 driven by strategic transformation costs and remediation payments....

People & Products

With shares down 51 per cent over the last five years and the firm losing its spot as Australia’s largest licensee, Scott Hartley will have a turnaround job ahead of him ...

Financial planning

Wealth Data has tallied up the net movement of advisers seen in the financial advice industry during 2023, with only one subsector reporting positive growth....

Financial planning

Wealth Data has revealed the top 10 financial advice licensees for adviser growth and losses in the last year, even as the industry rounds out at 15,667 advisers for 2023...

Financial planning

The number of financial advisers has stabilised above the 15,600 mark as 2023 comes to an end, while Wealth Data confirms AMP now leads as the largest licensee....

Financial planning

The chief executives of AMP and Insignia have shared their thoughts on how regulatory and technological developments can help a largely underserved “middle Australian” po...

Financial planning

Following the announcement of a proposed Advice Services Co at the beginning of the quarter, Insignia Financial has provided further details about this new model for its ...

 

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