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Ignition Advice appoints chief platform, technology officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... Meanwhile, Mahoney said he's looking forward to working alongside a talented team and to transforming the way financial advice is delivered. "The team has created a ground-breaking platform that will meet the challenge of scaling our business to meet ...

FAAA celebrates membership renewals, anticipates more

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has received over 8700 membership renewals, with more to come, according to chief executive Sarah Abood. The end of financial year marked a critical membership juncture for the association, Abood noted. ...

Count takes stake in Melbourne firm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... practices and we will have greater opportunities to achieve this through Count." Just last week, two Adelaide financial advice practices merged and rebranded to Count Adelaide. "We are pleased to see the Count brand expand across the country, cementing ...

Power50 kicks off for 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... 'influential' as individuals who have been and continue to be inspirational and instrumental in shaping the future of the financial advice industry and make a meaningful difference in their clients' financial wellbeing. Such advisers actively ...

Diverger acquires majority interest in private wealth firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... growth. We are passionate advocates for the future of advice to ensure its sustainability so Australians can access financial advice when they need to."

Adviser levy tripled, labelled "deeply unfair"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
... Stephen Jones confirming the adviser levy freeze would not continue. In response to the tripling of the levy, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) called for the freeze to be reinstated, particularly given the recommendations from the recent ...

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 ...

Jones lifts adviser levy freeze, updates funding model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... across 52 sub-sectors. If, for example, ASIC investigates an individual suspected of providing unlicensed personal financial advice but also advises on general insurance products based on time spent by staff of 30% versus 70% respectively, the same cost-recovery ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... raised concerns about the impact anti-hawking laws will have on superannuation funds' ability to provide financial advice amid the federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor at UNSW Business ...

Investors trust ChatGPT for advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
An overwhelming number of investors believe ChatGPT will provide accurate financial advice, flagging they will lean on artificial intelligence as their trusted adviser in the future. According to the Investor Index study of 1100 UK investors with a ...