The Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) has made a written direction after an adviser gave incorrect advice regarding non-concessional contributions. The individual, identified as Mr U, gave ...

An Adelaide-based financial planning and accounting firm is set to merge into Count Adelaide. In an ASX announcement, Count confirmed that Johnston Grocke has entered into a binding transaction to ...

Active ETFs are gaining traction in Asia-Pacific as wealth managers seek to blend the low-cost fees of passive with active management. According to the latest global Natixis Wealth Industry survey, 92 ...

ASIC has released the latest financial adviser exam results with the first exam of 2025 seeing a strong start in passes. In the March exam, held on 6 March, some 241 candidates sat the exam and 73 per ...

Quarterly Wealth Data analysis has uncovered positive improvements in financial adviser numbers compared with losses in the prior corresponding period. The first three months of the 2025 calendar year ...

Holding portfolios that are too complex can be a detractor for acquirers of financial advice firms as they require too much effort to maintain post-acquisition. Speaking on a webinar, Mitch Ramsbotham ...

The acquisition of Mason Stevens by Adamantem Capital has reached completion, as the wealth platform looks to ramp up its growth strategy. It was first announced last December that Sydney-based ...

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has confirmed United Global Capital’s (UGC) membership will not be extended to accept further complaints, avoiding a repeat of the Dixon Advisory ...

Despite nearly four in 10 investors holding cryptocurrency, three of Australia’s largest financial advice groups do not offer advice on such products. Findings from CoreData recently uncovered that ...

Digital advice provider Otivo has launched an interactive tool, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and Otivo’s own advice engine, to help answer client questions. After teasing the announcement ...

Advice licensee WT Financial Group has detailed a joint venture with the local subsidiary of New York-based financial advice investor Merchant Wealth Partners (Merchant). Founder and CEO Keith Cullen ...

Insignia Financial, which is currently midway through due diligence with two private equity firms, has suffered a cyber attack on its Expand platform. It was announced on 4 April that the firm had ...