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Former Capstone adviser in EU with ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
A former Capstone Financial Planning adviser is in a court enforceable undertaking with ASIC after he failed to maintain adequate records to show clients were receiving the services they'd paid for. Gregory Blackaby, formerly of Acquire Strategic Advisers ...

Uptick in adviser numbers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... 295 advisers and $4.2 million in funds under advice. Alliance Wealth (279), Count Financial (271), Ord Minnett (269), Capstone Financial Planning (259), Lifespan Financial Planning (258), SMSF Advisers Network (241), Fortnum Private Wealth (213), Shaw ...

The untold story of adviser education

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... age bracket constituted 35% of the cohort in 2022, up from 19% in 2019. Continuing, Knight explained the bridging and capstone pass rates of legal, ethics, super and client engagement subjects. The pass rates of these subjects ranged from 96% to 89%. ...

Border rule-breaking former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Melbourne via the Northern Territory using false documents. Police acted on an anonymous tip-off. Less than a month later, Capstone Financial Planning - his licensee - revoked his authorisation after he was convicted of failing to comply with a direction ...

Adviser numbers close in on 17k

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... (320), SMSF Advisers Network (283), Count Financial (278), Interprac Financial Planning (267), Alliance Wealth (264), and Capstone Financial Planning (262). Synchron, which is set to be acquired by ASX-listed WT Financial Group (WTL), lost 45 advisers ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... Services (382), Charter Financial Planning (376), Consultum Financial Advisers (327), Interprac Financial Planning (263), Capstone Financial Planning (260), Alliance Wealth (260), Count Financial (251) make up the top 10 practices based on adviser numbers. ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... non-aligned AFSL (647) and owns 5.8% of the market. Synchronised Business Services (422) comes second place, along with Capstone Financial Planning (267), Lifespan Financial Planning (251), Count Financial (249), Ord Minnett (239) and Alliance Wealth ...

Adviser population drops below 19,000

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Synchron (404), Charter Financial Planning (382) and Consultum Financial Advisers (342), Interpac Financial Planning (295), Capstone Financial Planning (267), Lifespan Financial Planning (260) and Alliance Wealth (250) make up the rest of the top 10 ...

Women advisers drop to 21%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... Financial Planning (19%), Charter Financial Planning (18%), Morgans Financial (15%), Merit Wealth (30%), Synchron (17%), Capstone (24%), Commonwealth Financial Planning (37%), RI Advice (23%) and Consultum (17%) have the highest proportion of women. ...

Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Capstone Financial Planning has revoked the authorisation of Mark Babbage, the Victorian financial adviser jailed for breaching Western Australia's strict border restrictions to attend the AFL Grand Final. Financial adviser and broker Mark Babbage ...