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New operations chief for advice tech start-up

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
iFactFind has appointed Bill Taylor to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Taylor, who was previously business manager at Trapeze Group and led the Asia Pacific division of global event automation platform Certain, will spearhead ...

Fin365 to launch hybrid advice platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... to provide consumers with access to affordable and quality advice, Fin365 said. Acquiring miPlan provides Fin365 with an AFSL and consumer-facing brand required to build out its hybrid advice model which will now also offer investment and insurance solutions. ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The move to self-licensing continues to grow as a Victoria-based advice practice scored its own AFSL after operating under a dealer group for 13 years. Armed with a new AFSL, Retireinvest has rebranded to Templeton Advice Group. Templeton has three ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... trend Rainmaker found is the rapid rate in which advisers moved between licensees. In 2021, nearly 13% switched to a new AFSL. Another finding was the shift towards the non-aligned sector, which is growing at an unprecedented rate, Rainmaker said. The ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... non-aligned segment lost 653 advisers and ended the year with 11,767. The SMSF Advisers Network is the largest non-aligned AFSL (647) and owns 5.8% of the market. Synchronised Business Services (422) comes second place, along with Capstone Financial ...

Proxy advice reforms force transparency, AFS licensing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... process of developing recommendations. Superannuation funds make their own independent voting decisions. ACSI already holds an AFSL and provides its advice free of charge to companies the subject of the advice." The Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The financial advice industry lost more than 2200 advisers this year, marking an 11% year-on-year drop to 18,822. Rainmaker modelling of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register reveals that only 18,822 advisers are left as of yesterday, December 16. At ...

OnePath Custodians sued over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... to continue charging fees to these members, engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and breached its obligations as an AFSL holder to provide services efficiently, honestly and fairly. It is seeking declarations, pecuniary penalties and other orders ...

Caddick's assets will be sold

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... The Federal Court has found Caddick and her company, Maliver, carried out a financial services business without holding an AFSL. The court has therefore ordered that Maliver be wound up and Caddick's assets be collected, sold and funds distributed ...

Women advisers drop to 21%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
The number of women working in the financial advice industry has dropped to 21% compared to 25% two years ago. Rainmaker's modelling of the September ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that only one in five financial advisers out of the total pool ...