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More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... commercial future," Euvrard said. "Advisers are reassessing and looking at the risks of being associated with large advice groups, especially within those groups where there has been reputational compliance failure or instability. "Recent issues have ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Both financial advice groups have reported strong first-half performance, underpinned by heightened demand for advice and the expansion of their adviser networks. In the first half of FY26, Centrepoint Alliance's gross revenue rose 12% from the ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... review into cold-calling and social media click-bait urging consumers to switch their super arrangements and the advice groups and super trustees that were benefiting. At that time, it said any licensee that has engaged a high-pressure referral source ...

Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... overseas," Olsen said. Olsen said that while other research houses have put the private credit sector on watch and advice groups are hesitant to play in the sector, Morningstar is keen to dive into it. "From our perspective as a research house, we want ...

Equity Trustees to ask Mulino for help amid First Guardian, Shield fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... managers or advisers involved in the schemes, saying warnings around lead generators and the activities of some advice groups date back to 2020. O'Brien added that the market capitalisation of Equity Trustees has fallen by about $300 million since ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... accounts recommendations can represent a conflict of interest from vertical integration. This can emerge from financial advice groups putting clients into their own investment model portfolio rather than external products as the adviser receives a management ...

CSLR publishes paid claims details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Dover Financial Advisers, Spectrum Wealth, Libertas Financial Planning, and Brite Advisors are also on the list of advice groups where claims against them have been paid. In July, the CSLR revised its FY26 levy estimate for the personal financial advice ...

Trust key to client satisfaction in advice: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... increasingly complex, and in navigating the financial system to make decisions, and there is no better time for advice groups to take the lead," he said. "I think there is an increasing desire for consumers seeking financial advice." Rogan added: "Advice ...

One third of advisers use 'Big 3' platforms: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... advisers compared to last year. ASX-listed Count is in second place with 608 advisers, down by 75 year on year. The advice groups that saw their number of advisers grow during the period were Lifespan Financial Planning (up 4%), Centrepoint Alliance ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...
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