On the back of the August adviser exam results, the profession has seen 17 new entrants hit the Financial Adviser Register (FAR) this week, regaining its positive momentum. Earlier this week, ASIC ...

While the profession struggles to keep up with strong demand for service, a third of people who have passed the ASIC adviser exam aren’t actively practising, so where is this missing third? In ...

ETF providers are looking to phase out bank hybrids in their product development plans as fixed income ETFs see a rise in inflows. APRA announced at the end of last year that AT1s – also known as ...

For overseas fund managers coming to Australia, a focus on platforms is critical for achieving growth, according to IMAP chair Toby Potter, flagging iCapital as a firm succeeding in this goal. With ...

Half a year after Count Financial told its advisers to exit several Metrics Credit Partners funds, research house Lonsec has now downgraded two of these products over governance concerns. The non-bank ...

Financial advisers have been urged to consider the role they are using AT1 hybrids for in client portfolios when it comes to deciding on a suitable fixed income replacement, particularly for their ...

Financial advice practices may be hiring professional year candidates as a succession option, but they may find they are unable to put up the capital if the adviser looks to retire. There is currently ...

Financial services firm Iress has appointed Andrew Russell as group chief executive and managing director, taking over from Marcus Price. In an ASX statement, Iress shared that Russell will commence ...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Money Management Portfolio Construction Guide, where we explore and demystify five essential asset classes for financial advisers. In this edition, we take a deep ...

With licensee switching on the rise, particularly for newer advisers, compliance expert Sean Graham has shared red flags to watch out for when making the jump to a new Australian Financial Services ...

Outflows have doubled in the property and infrastructure space to $1.3 billion with advisers instead favouring private markets as Morningstar data finds active property funds are struggling to ...

The shift in scale and consolidation has led to substantial growth in large privately owned licensees, which have tipped past 20 per cent of advisers for the first time to make up 28.3 per cent of the ...