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Entireti partners with Striver to shore up talent

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... advisers. He described the partnership as a reflection of the group's desire to take on a leadership role in growing adviser numbers and improving the capacity of advice businesses to serve more clients. "We're here to help advice businesses grow and ...

Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... talent shortage is driving super funds to expand teams to ensure service levels and meet growing member needs." Adviser numbers have fallen from over 28,000 in 2019 to around 15,500 in 2025, and are expected to drop further over the next year. This decline ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... handling, and fragmented technology all contributing to the problem. Elemnta chief executive Shaun Green worries as adviser numbers continue to fall and demand for advice surges, inefficiencies will constrain industry growth. "The early results confirm ...

Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... total number of advisers by 4% over the 12 months. The fastest falling were AFSLs with 51-100 advisers. Their adviser numbers decreased in aggregate by 13.7% over the 12 months, the Rainmaker report found. During the September quarter, the only two size ...

AWAG to snap up 20% stake in First Mutual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... number to 80-100 by June 2026. First Mutual's strategic associations are deemed central in helping boost growth of adviser numbers and resources, AWAG said. Earlier this year, AWAG became a major shareholder in Sequoia, acquiring 18.02% stake across ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... breaking the GBP500 barrier. "I think that's what we need to work on in this country. How we do that? Given the adviser numbers are low and that technology can be powerful - it is inevitable," he says. Overwhelmed In late 2023, when former financial ...

Integro Private Wealth to expand national footprint

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... Integro's plan to nurture young talent to address the acute shortage of advice professionals in the country. "As adviser numbers continue to dwindle in Australia, better attracting and retaining staff will only become more important and having holistic ...

Netwealth reports record FY25 results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... levels of customer satisfaction experienced by our clients," Netwealth said. Additionally, the platform also saw adviser numbers rise to 3971, up 5.6% over the year. Other key business drivers include managed account net flows of $4.3 billion, increased ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended paring back some of the entry requirements that have impacted adviser numbers. The PC pointed to feedback it received from CPA Australia during the consultation phase, and noted, "entry requirements for ...

Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... advice dilemma. "The massive task of building an impactful, thriving advice profession, including replenishing adviser numbers, isn't only the job of politicians and policy makers," he said. "It requires a multi-faceted approach and greater investment ...