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Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... in terms of salaries, can add enormous value to a practice amidst consolidation and fragmentation by promoting financial advice and helping advisers deliver advice to the market. "In many ways these managers were perhaps the most challenged - after all ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... State, and the Sydney Financial Forum. "Bloch is an experienced leader in financial services, and in particular financial advice, with extensive experience in engaging government and in the not-for-profit sector and is well-equipped to guide the scheme ...

Centrepoint Alliance targets further growth with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... an 11% increase in normalised EBITDA of $4.1 million, driven by organic growth and the November acquisition of Financial Advice Matters Group. Its profit after tax was $4.9 million and gross revenues came in at $140.5 million. In its adviser numbers ...

Canna Campbell slapped with $114k legal bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... and the judge found that the two feeble defences Campbell offered - that she did not use the mark to provide "financial advice" and her corporation was liable (not her personally) - were not supported by the facts or the clearly established law," she ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... will have a leg up over life insurers and banks once the federal government implements its proposal to expand financial advice. This is according to industry experts who say that super funds are in good stead to bolster the availability and affordability ...

Advisers should have an AI plan: Netwealth

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
When it comes to incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and big data into an financial advice practice, it's imperative to have a plan in place, according to Netwealth head of marketing Andrew Braun. Addressing the crowd at the SMSF Association ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... misconduct it wants to curb. At the annual SMSF Association National Conference, ASIC senior executive leader for financial advice and investment management Leah Sciacca warned financial advisers that they have a critical role to play in stemming misconduct ...

Reforms will strengthen retirement advice: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Reforms underway to expand financial advice will have positive ramifications for the SMSF and APRA-regulated sectors as it will ultimately uplift outcomes in the retirement phase for all Australians, industry experts say. The first day of the annual ...

Superannuation fund returns underperformed SMSFs: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... evidence of the SMSF sector's strong investment performance. He also said it indicates that SMSFs receiving financial advice tend to perform better. "It's always been our mantra that SMSF trustees should get professional advice," Burgess said ...

Too many Aussies eligible for wholesale products: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... the important role of wholesale products in capital markets, and the need to maintain consumer protections in financial advice," FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said.