AMP has announced it has concluded a 12-month process assessing alternative advice models and will be selling its advice licensees and self-licensed offering....
Two financial advice professionals examine the cost-effectiveness of running your own AFSL, and whether the upfront and ongoing expenses are worth the benefits it provide...
Advice licensee Sequoia Financial Group has announced a new chairman as the firm reshuffles following a shareholder dispute....
Compliance firm Cowell Clarke has shared information on how licensees should investigate a possible reportable situation at their firm and when to tell the regulator....
WT Financial lost seven advisers over the past week but overall adviser numbers have welcomed a third consecutive week of double-digit growth....
Insignia Financial has proposed slashing staff redundancy pay arrangements by 58 weeks, potentially making it one of the lowest in the industry. ...
Sequoia Financial Group has confirmed chief executive Garry Crole will remain at the firm until June 2026 but will work on a succession plan for his replacement....
Proactive compliance risk management has become both a “regulatory necessity” and a “cornerstone of ethical excellence” for financial advice licensees, this compliance pr...
With the self-licensing trend here to stay, what are the estimated costs and insurance risks for financial advisers operating their own AFSL without the backing of a larg...
A national financial advice firm is targeting advisers looking to leave large licensees and providing them with tools and financial backing to run their own business....
An equity partner firm of Count has acquired a Victorian accounting and financial planning business for $2.1 million, following its first M&A deal in February....
With the end-of-financial-year adviser gains and losses finalised, how does this year’s movement affect the ranking of the top three licensees?...
National advice group Bombora Advice has appointed David Mounsey in the newly created role of business growth and development manager to drive future growth, particularly...
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...
With the 2023–24 financial year behind us, Money Management takes a look back on the financial advice licensees that were hit with enforcement action by ASIC in the past ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...