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Insurance firms defy inflationary shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Life and general insurance companies are withstanding the shocks of inflation as investors look to the sector as a shield from wider economic uncertainties. Financial advice firms that specialise in life insurance are experiencing solid demand from ...

FY23 farewells 700 advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
Financial advice firms AMP Financial Planning, Synchron, and Charter farewelled the largest number of advisers, dragging down the total population to 15,708 from 16,415 at the end of the 2023 financial year. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser ...

Advice firm revenues jump 45%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
Despite employing fewer staff and a reduction in client numbers, financial advice firms saw revenues shoot up by nearly 50% from two years ago. A survey of 122 advice practices conducted by Business Health and Iress found average revenue jumped from ...

AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... after a period of relative quiet AZ NGA has sealed several deals recently, including partnering with accounting and advice firm McLean Delmo Bentleys, and joining forces with Melbourne-based advice practice Rose Partners to help drive growth across both ...

Diverger acquires majority interest in private wealth firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
Diverger acquired a stake in Melbourne-based Paragem advice firm Atkinson Saynor Private Wealth, using its transitional equity model. Earlier in the year, the firm highlighted the importance of more transformational transactions and said this would ...

Netwealth relaunches Wealth Accelerator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
The revamped platform offers a range of new services, including the ability to manage off-platform assets and custodial assets through the one account. Netwealth is relaunching the flagship Wealth Accelerator platform to better service the growing number ...

Advice firms merge to create Count Adelaide

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
Financial advice practices Crosby Dalwood and Warnecke & Co (Warnecke) will merge and rebrand as Count Adelaide in July. The two firms, which already existed in the Count network, will join to offer accounting and wealth advisory services to South Australians ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... several financial advice businesses employing intermediaries to gain business this way. A typical experience is an advice firm hiring an intermediary to cold call a super fund member. The member is told the super fund provider is "high risk" and scares ...

Large AFSLs lead advice complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
Financial advisers from large aligned AFSL groups bear the brunt of complaints, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's data, with several AMP and Insignia Financial practices leading the pack. Modelling of the AFCA data shows ...

Pascoe Partners, OpenInvest launch online investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
The new offering, Pascoe Partners Invest, includes four diversified investment portfolios which cover a range of risk and return profiles as well as an ethical portfolio. The accounting and advisory firm said all four portfolios require a minimum of ...