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Financial planning

The Federal Court has ruled financial advice licensee RM Capital failed to take reasonable steps to prevent its authorised representative from accepting conflicted remune...

Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has shared details on the progress of fees for no service remediation, having conducted an assessment of its employed and self-employed advisers. ...

Financial planning

As NextGen sees its Australian financial services licence cancelled by ASIC, Money Management tracks how an AFCA complaint led to the firm falling into liquidation. ...

Financial planning

Only three out of the 10 largest advice licensees have seen net growth in their financial adviser numbers since the beginning of the 2024 financial year, according to Wea...

Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has reported a 63 per cent NPAT growth for 1H24 and is looking to its existing licensee network to enact their own acquisitions as they look for succ...

Financial planning

ASIC has shared findings on the role of advice licensees in the oversight of superannuation fund performance, highlighting their approved product lists and use of researc...

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

Sequoia chief executive, Garry Crole, has ruled out acquiring another licensee to grow its numbers and instead hopes to benefit from advisers switching licensees. ...

Financial planning

Sequoia has reported an “abnormally high” NPAT increase of more than 4,000 per cent on the previous year, while reporting strong tailwinds for its licensee division and a...

Financial planning

ASIC has issued a warning to advisers and their licensees after identifying deficiencies in their oversight of Choice super performance....

Financial planning

A licensee saw a drop of more than 20 advisers this week, according to Wealth Data, while there were six new entrants. ...

Financial planning

The proposed merger between Count and Diverger has received court approval to proceed on 1 March, with Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey welcoming reaching the “huge mi...

Financial planning

AMP chief executive Alexis George says 2023 saw advisers looking to join the business again after a difficult few years, as it takes the top spot as Australia’s largest l...

Financial planning

As concerns regarding cyber crime grow, a consultant has shared her doubts regarding whether self-licensed financial advice practices are prepared to mitigate the risks o...

Financial planning

Fiducian has reported a 23 per cent rise in net profit after tax in the last six months of 2023, but non fee-paying clients led to a fall in funds under advice....

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