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Adviser numbers plateau

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... Panel (FSCP) action, and SMSF auditor disqualification. The advice sector continues to consolidate. AZ NGA-backed advice firms Eureka Whittaker Macnaught (EWM) and Blue Harbour Financial Partners recently announced their merger. Last year, major mergers ...

Two Brisbane advice firms merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
Brisbane-based financial advice firms Eureka Whittaker Macnaught (EWM) and Blue Harbour Financial Partners, which are part of AZ NGA, have announced their merger. The merged entity will operate under EWM chief executive and co-founder Greg Cook and ...

Former Schroders chief joins private markets firm

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... Capital investment chief Stuart Haigh said Hallinan brings pedigree and strong knowledge of investment markets and advice firms. "With deep expertise in assessing private market opportunities and an intimate understanding of local advice firms, we believe ...

UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... retirement. It outlined areas where it expects firms and advisers to raise standards. Review findings The FCA found not all advice firms are effectively considering sustainability of income withdrawal in retirement, saying many do not use cashflow modelling ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... The latest Advice practice acquisition, sale & valuation guide from Centurion Market Makers highlights the struggle advice firms face in servicing clients that pay fees of $3000 per annum. Clients that pay less than this amount tend to detract from the ...

Coastal Advice Group merges with Compass Financial Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... it has plans to continue growing its offering and is pursuing further M&A opportunities with compatible financial advice firms along the Australian coastline.

Dirigere Advisory rebrands to Intelligent Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... manager in the process. Intelligent Planning was launched on January 15 and operates under the same Dirigere AFSL. Advice firms partnered with Intelligent Planning include Beta Advice, Canberra-based Hayes & Co, and Perth-based NOR Financial. Matthew ...

Advice firms must scale up to meet demand: AZ NGA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... currently do. AZ NGA said this underscores the immediate need for a significant and transformative change. To do this, advice firms need to get significantly bigger to make decent margins, compete effectively, and meet the demand for good advice. Despite ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... to see a "thriving financial advice market," ensuring consumers have access to support from financially resilient advice firms. "Diligent advisers are having to compensate through the levy for the bad advice of their failed competitors. That needs to ...

Paraplanners unfazed by QAR, AI: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... outcome, as 37% felt that these changes might service the industry better than the clients themselves. Financial advice firms appear to be increasingly using paraplanners for a broader range of responsibilities beyond writing SoAs. Some 41% aspire to ...
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