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Financial planning

Research by Wealth Data has found exactly half the number of advisers who have worked at closed AFSLs in the current financial year remain on the ASIC FAR....

Financial planning

Two of Australia’s largest financial advice licensees, Count Financial and AMP Group, have each lost five advisers this week, while Sequoia has “bounced back” after recen...

Financial planning

With 4.2 financial advice firms expected to fail per year, what type of problems can occur that could cause a licensee or micro-AFSL to go under?...

Financial planning

With a weekly loss of 14 advisers led by declines at Count Financial, the financial advice industry has fallen below the 15,600 line....

Financial planning

Wealth Data has revealed which financial advice licensee has lost the greatest number of advisers this financial year-to-date, with the firm declining by 59 advisers over...

Financial planning

Wealth Data’s Colin Williams believes the idea of four financial advice firms failing per year, as put forward in CSLR estimates, is too low an estimate....

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

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of a Sydney advice firm with the business having lost more than 30 advisers since the start of 2024, accordin...

Financial planning

Wealth Data analysis has seen a “significant jump” in gross revenue per financial adviser at eight ASX-listed financial advice licensees, and detailed the range between h...

Financial planning

With an increase of 25 advisers since the start of the year, Wealth Data has identified the licensee seeing the largest organic adviser growth. ...

Financial planning

Looking at which licensees are seeing the fastest growth over the six months, Wealth Data says there are three firms that stand out amid falling numbers....

Financial planning

After initial strong growth in the first few weeks of the year, there have now been five consecutive weeks of decline or no growth in adviser numbers, according to Wealth...

Financial planning

Sequoia has seen a net loss of seven advisers this week, with Wealth Data founder Colin Williams describing it as a “rare” occurrence given the group’s strong growth in 2...

Financial planning

NextGen Financial Group has bid farewell to its remaining financial advisers following ASIC’s cancellation of its AFSL, contrasting the firm’s peak of over 100 advisers i...

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....

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