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Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... the transactions that took place in 2023, the number of investors taking a minority or majority equity stake in scaled advice practices has increased. "This area of the market is growing as consolidation in the sector continues and large-scale advice ...

FSCP issues another registration prohibition order

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... client and acted in a way that was misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive the client". Rogers' scaled advice approach advice was deemed inappropriate. Rogers made an "investment opportunity" recommendation to the client that was not ...

How young Australians are missing out on better super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... be better off with financial advice. This represents an opportunity for financial advisers to offer more affordable and scaled financial advice to young Australians." The asset manager's analysis further illustrated that almost 250,000 Australians ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... on December 7. The Delivering Better Financial Outcomes report sets out a number of changes that include offering better scaled or limited scope advice, and introducing a new class of "qualified advisers" who can offer simple personal advice but not ...

QAR final response winds clock back, says FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... extremely likely to confuse consumers." While the FAAA welcomed some of the other inclusions, like greater support for scaled advice, replacing the Statement of Advice, and the removal of the Safe Harbour steps, it said this second tranche has it reconsidering ...

Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... client's best interests will remain. Nevertheless, the revised standard will offer more explicit legislative backing for scaled or limited-scope advice, provided it aligns with the client's objectives and needs and in situations where the advice ...

ClearView offloads chunk of Centrepoint Alliance stake

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... asset finance broking, novated leasing, and insurance broking. Additionally, COG said it remains focused on building a scaled company in retail funds management. "The strategic rationale for the acquisition of the CAF interest is that it builds on the ...

Project to tackle dwindling number of risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... integrating risk advice. The partnership also aims to produce actionable insight and practical tools that can later be scaled to broader adviser communities, the firms explained. Risk Hub, a platform curating resources to streamline risk advice, said ...

Fund manager injects $28m in Stockspot

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... Unlike Creativemass and Advice Intelligence, Garret said Six Park is "definitely not in voluntary administration" but has "scaled back the staff and ceased the service as currently deployed" and is open to redeploying the application to the right acquirer ...

Managed fund research lead at Koda resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... big believers that there are diseconomies of scale in the advice industry. The larger you get, the more commoditised and scaled your offering is, and the worse the client outcomes," he said at the time. The firm has four key offerings: tax advice and ...
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