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Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... escalation of compliance costs and ASIC levies in the financial advice sector and the difficulties faced by financial advisers in providing affordable financial advice have been well documented. Even with the exclusion of product providers from this ...

The future is bright for BT: Rady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... Matt Rady tells Financial Standard how, despite the industry exodus and the company's own challenges in 2021, financial advisers are increasingly turning to BT Financial Group. Speaking with Financial Standard recently, BT Financial Group chief executive ...

MFS recruits BNP Paribas executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... will focus on promoting MFS's broad range of fixed income and equity capabilities to key accounts, independent financial advisers, private wealth, and research relationships. Langlands is based in Melbourne and reports directly to senior managing director ...

Education reforms are promising: SAFAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association argues that potential reforms to education standards will put the industry on a level playing field with other professions. In its submission to the federal government's proposal to reset education ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
From skyrocketing property prices to a foreboding stock market crash, financial advisers reveal their clients' main worries in 2022. Wild swings across the local and international share markets is a concern for many clients, particularly as indices ...

Insignia loses self-employed advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... period. Most advisers (94) who left were from the self-employed channel. The group ended the year with 1765 financial advisers on its books; of which 480 were classified as self-employed. The attrition was due to the reset of management fees introduced ...

UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... it's crucial we are prepared to support them on their wealth management journey." Under the initiative, UBS financial advisers across the US will have access to "multicultural-focused content that will explore the intersection between culture, art, philanthropy ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... and work with third-party providers of its own choosing. The spike in the number of AFS licences shows more financial advisers are shunning larger dealer groups in place of having complete control over how advice should be delivered. In the year to August ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... break leaves the total population close to dipping below the 18,000 mark. There are currently 18,015 practising financial advisers left, according to Rainmaker's modelling of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register as at January 20. Rainmaker reported ...

Most paraplanners will not become financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Despite popular belief, an overwhelming number of paraplanners do not intend to pursue a career as a financial adviser, a new report reveals. Fintech Tanngo, together with The Paraplanner Hub, found that almost three quarters of paraplanners (72%) see ...