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Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... His last authorisation was through Solar Financial Advisory which ceased in August 2017, according to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. He was also previously licensed by Genesys Wealth Advisers and Charter Financial Planning.

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... disparity that needs to be addressed. Of note, according to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, financial adviser numbers are at their lowest in almost two decades, with a net 3250 (17.3%) exiting the sector ...

Adviser population dropped 17% in 2022

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... lowest in almost two decades, analysis shows. According to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, a net 3250 (17.3%) financial advisers exited the sector last year, bringing the total number at December end to 15,529 ...

ASIC dishes out permanent ban to 'lifestyle' adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... offer 'lifestyle' financial advice as sole director of Totem Wealth in Queensland's Robina since 2017. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that between 2010 and 2015 Reynolds was licensed by Westpac. He then moved to Dover Financial Advisers until ...

ASIC FAR drops as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
The countdown is on for financial advisers that have yet to pass the exam to get off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register by tomorrow, as new analysis shows 295 have dropped off since the beginning of the month. Since the results of the final exam for ...

Adviser losses now baked in: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... Adviser numbers hit their peak in 2019 at 26,500, likely as a result of the need to be registered on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register to take advantage of the transition period provided to upgrade qualifications. Since, the number of advisers has ...

AFA, FPA to explore merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... said. She added that the combined association has a very substantial proportion of the advisers on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. The two entities have increasingly worked together in recent years and believe there are "substantial synergies and ...

More than 1700 advisers gone already

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... ASIC shows more than 1700 financial advisers have dropped off its register since January. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows there is now 16,413 financial advisers currently active. At the beginning of the year, there was 17,668. This ...

ASIC bans financial adviser for five years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... authorisation didn't permit him to trade shares on, or operate, managed discretionary accounts, ASIC said. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows Guan was an authorised representative of Lifespan Financial Planning until March 2021 before a two-month ...

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... the 12 months to the end of March 2022;3075 advisers exited the industry in this period. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register also showed that the number of financial advisers is now back to where it was in 2014. Nevertheless, Kaplan chief ...