COG pulls Diverger offer after lack of shareholder support
15 November 2023 by Simon Hoyle, Professional Planner
Conceding there is a lack of interest from key Diverger shareholders, COG has formally withdrawn its counteroffer for the listed licensee. After the Count takeover was announced in September, Diverger was punted squarely into play by the ...
Striver to expand recruitment drive after success with Brimstone
14 November 2023 by Chris Dastoor, Professional Planner
Following its inaugural Brimstone event in Sydney in September, Striver will expand interstate in 2024 with new dates after feedback from students at the event suggested 85 per cent would consider advice as a career path. Striver communit...
Q3 sees second-lowest adviser exits since 2018
9 November 2023 by Laura Dew, Money Management
There are signs the financial advice industry is stabilising as Q3 2023 demonstrated the second-lowest number of exits and the highest number of new entrants in five years. In the Adviser Ratings’ Musical Chairs report for the third quar...
Smart ways to grow your super
3 November 2023 by Money Magazine
Here's an amazing fact: 800 Australians will retire every day over the next decade. Many of them can expect to enjoy long and fulfilling lives, potentially well into their 90s - a welcome reward for the decades they spent in the workforce....
Insignia updates on its advice partnership model
30 October 2023 by Rhea Nath, Money Management
Following the announcement of a proposed Advice Services Co (ASC) at the beginning of the quarter, Insignia Financial has offered further updates about this new partnership model for its self-employed licensees. According to Adviser Rati...
Is there a path to more advisers writing insurance?
27 October 2023 by Keith Ford, Independent Financial Adviser
Fewer advisers are providing risk advice and, according to an executive, licensees are the answer. In September, Adviser Ratings released numbers that showed half of all life policies were written by just 493 advisers in the six months to...
ASIC, APRA are right to be on super funds’ case over advice
25 October 2023 by Simon Hoyle, Professional Planner
One of the key strategic priorities outlined in ASIC’s 2023-27 corporate plan is to “protect consumers, especially as they plan and make decisions for retirement, with a focus on superannuation products, managed investments and financial a...
Thousands of practices have shut up shop since 2018
20 October 2023 by Jasmine Siljic, Money Management
Almost 3,000 advice practices have closed their doors in the past five years, but there is a “renewed purpose and direction” for those who remain, says Adviser Ratings. The research firm has revealed that 2,828 advice practices, or 31 pe...
Insigina atop a fragmented pile of licensees
20 October 2023 by Simon Hoyle, Professional Planner
Data provided to Professional Planner by Adviser Ratings, current as at October 19, shows Insignia authorises 955 financial advisers, across eight separate licensees – although how much longer Godfrey Pembroke, with its 52 advisers, remain...