
How can advisers mitigate wealth transfer concerns?Clients are exhibiting a number of concerns on the intergenerational wealth transfer, making it imperative for advisers to address these fears.

Fewer Australian Firms Planning Significant Increases in Adviser NumbersThe Australian financial advice industry is showing a trend towards stability in practices’ adviser numbers for 2024, with fewer firms planning significant increases compared to 2023, according to Adviser Ratings.

Advice firms taking a ‘cautious’ approach to growthAccording to Adviser Ratings, a recent survey indicated that 41 per cent of advice businesses are planning on keeping roughly the same number of advisers, up from 37 per cent in 2023.

Strong revenue drives staff growth for advice practicesThe majority of financial advice practices enjoying revenue growth have intentions to grow their adviser teams, indicating a strong correlation between the two factors.

Adviser numbers stabilise, only 1% drop in Q2 2024After five turbulent years following the royal commission in 2019, the latest Adviser Ratings report reveals signs of relative stabilisation for the advice profession.

The licensees that led Q2 adviser growthAdviser Ratings has uncovered the top 10 financial advice licensees for growth and losses in the second quarter of the calendar year.

AMP deal shows the real value is in advice, not licensingAMP’s deal with Entireti adds further proof that it is better to be in the business of advice than licensing. As part of its half-year results announcement to the ASX on Thursday morning, AMP unveiled a strategic partnership with Entireti ...

What it will take to bring advisers back to lifeCast your mind back to 2017. The life insurance space was flourishing. The average Australian had relatively easy access to a financial adviser who could provide affordable advice. Not anymore.

Advisers shed clients but maintain profitability with rising feesProfessional Planner: Fee hikes have created more “manageable” books, with the average number of clients per adviser now under three figures. The findings come as recent data from Adviser Ratings and Iress also show the best practices in t...