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Synchron appoints compliance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Financial advice dealer group Synchron has appointed a general manager, compliance. Phil Osborne took on the position from February 1. He has been working with Synchron as a compliance consultant since July 2021. He reports directly to the Synchron ...

Advice industry loses 800 over New Year period

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The exit of 807 advisers during the Christmas and New Year 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 ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Financial advisers tilted towards the non-aligned sector at an unprecedented rate during 2021, a new report suggests. The 71% drop in adviser numbers came from aligned AFSLs, according to Rainmaker's Financial Adviser Report. The number of aligned ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adviser exits continue, industry recruits 50

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Only 50 financial advisers joined the financial advice industry in the year to September, as Rainmaker analysis shows that the total population has dwindled to 19,238. Rainmaker's latest Financial adviser report reveals an 11% year-on-year drop in the ...

More advisers exit in June

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Some 450 financial advisers left the industry in the last month of the financial year, taking the total population to 19,544, latest ASIC data shows. As at July 1, AMP Financial Planning finished the financial year with 690 advisers, while The SMSF ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The number of authorised financial advisers has officially dipped to 19,922, declining about 11% compared to this time last year. As at June 3, Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register shows that there are currently 2144 active AFSLs. ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
The financial adviser population has reverted to the pre-financial services Royal Commission days, ending at 20,667 in the first quarter of 2021. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found that the total number of financial advisers ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... with the institution no longer the largest AFSL in the country by number of advisers. The largest AFSL is now the SMSF Adviser Network which had 839 advisers as at 31 December 2020. AMP Financial Planning lost the most advisers of any AFSL in 2020, with ...