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WT Financial enters JV with Merchant Wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... entity - WTL & MWP Investco (Investco) - intends to provide strategic growth capital to high-potential financial advice firms across Australia. In line with Merchant's Wealth's global model, Investco will also take non-controlling interests and will ...

Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... and was head of private wealth at Kelly+Partners. Fogarty will lead the Infocus Partner Program (IPP), working with advice firms to "deliver capital solutions, operational efficiencies and integrated support systems designed to drive long-term growth." ...

Property developer, investment firm goes 'all in' on Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... Australian financial services business in the lead up to the 2018 Banking Royal Commission and currently partners with 35 advice firms across Australia. "We are investing in established and profitable small to mid-tier financial services firms across ...

Firms treat CSLR as 'insurance policy': FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... million in compensation. However, Dixon Advisory victims are expected to receive nearly $400 million in total that advice firms and major companies will have to fork out. Hence, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood is calling for more scrutiny of PI arrangements ...

'New class of advisers' need clear-cut distinction: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... future," she said. Advice practices can too leverage NCAs to advise children or the grandchildren of existing clients. "Advice firms should have this option. This provides a level playing field, enhances competition and it gives consumers more choice," ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... territory," she said. The use of outsourced providers operating overseas has become popular among many financial advice firms. In the context of this latest ruling, Cornelissen said Australian businesses should consider offshoring in partnership with ...

AI use limited but take up rises among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
While adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is limited across financial advice firms, the rate of adoption has increased significantly in the past year, according to Netwealth. AI has largely been helping advisers improve efficiencies during client ...

Medium-sized advice firms flourish: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
Financial advice firms with 51 to 100 advisers are the fastest-growing cohort in the past year, new Rainmaker Information research shows. This group saw adviser numbers increase in aggregate by 8% in the 12 months to September. Conversely, groups with ...

GDG records highest quarterly FUM, inflows growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... there is still a significant amount of opportunity to increase our penetration with both existing and new financial advice firms." GDG also confirmed it has completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in Lonsec on August 1, following its takeover ...

AMP Advice expands network

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... network." Aligning to the upward trend Lawler said the company is eager to continue sourcing high quality financial advice firms across the country. "We take the opportunity of working with advice practices who see us as the right partner to help them ...