Despite concerns about 2024 being a weaker year for adviser growth, the net gains for the financial year to date are exactly in line with the same time last year, although Wealth Data notes it is “still early days”.

A rising number of financial advisers – known as insourcers – are opting to take the investment selection process upon themselves, says Investment Trends’ Irene Guiamatsia.

Analysis by Chant West of the annual performance of growth superannuation funds has uncovered which ones see the best performance.

The completion of remediation projects by firms such as AMP have led to an influx of compliance professionals entering the market, although they see pushback on their narrow skill set.

A former Queensland-based financial adviser has been permanently banned by ASIC from providing financial services.

DNR Capital has announced the launch of a specialist global small and mid-cap equity manager, as it also welcomes its second portfolio manager on board.

In this latest episode of Relative Return, host Maja Garaca Djurdjevic speaks with Justine Marquet, head of technical services at Allianz Retire+, to discuss the financial and emotional challenges that consumers face as they approach retirement.