Financial Adviser Insights, June 13, 2024
Adviser Numbers This week - Decreased by (-9), Moving From 15,606 To 15,597
Weekly Summary
Financial adviser numbers went negative for the week and took the total to below 15,600, now standing at 15,597. The net numbers were down despite another four new entrants. No new licensees this week and two ceased.
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Key Adviser Movements This Week:
Net change of advisers (-9)
Current number of advisers at 15,597
Net Change Calendar 2024 YTD (-18)
Net Change Financial YTD +41
16 Licensee Owners had net gains of 21 advisers
23 Licensee Owners had net losses for (-30) advisers
No new licensees commenced and two eased
4 New entrants
Number of advisers active this week, appointed / resigned: 49.
Growth This Week - Licensee Owners
Capstone were up by four advisers, gaining three advisers from AMP and another adviser coming back into advice after a short break
IA Advice up by two, with both advisers moving across from Crest Wealth Advice owned by Capital Accounting Trust
Australian Retirement Trust also up by two, with advisers coming back after a break
A tail of 13 licensee owners up by net one each including: Oreana, Lifespan and Bell Financial Group.
Losses This Week - Licensee Owners
Capital Accounting Group (Crest Wealth) down by four advisers and the licensee down to zero. As mentioned above, two joining IA Advice, another joined NWG Financial Planning and and the reminder yet to be appointed
Four licensee Owners down by two advisers each:
AMP Group - Appointing one new entrant but losing three advisers
Centrepoint - Losing one each from Alliance Wealth and Matrix
Guideway - Losing two advisers yet to be appointed elsewhere
Viridian - Losing one adviser to Templestone and the other yet to be appointed elsewhere.
A tail of 19 licensee owners down by net one including: Insignia, Morgans Group and Mutual Trust.
Members Lounge - Adviser Fast Facts Dashboards - Updated
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Retail Funds Bounce Back
APRA's latest data to March 2024 reveals key shifts in the superannuation landscape:
Retail funds do it again: For the second quarter in a row they outperform their peers for investment returns
Industry funds see increasing SMSFs Net losses: Transfers to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are accelerating for Industry funds.
Pension payments for Industry funds: rapidly increasing
Advisers benefit: The strong quarter for superannuation across the board presents growing opportunities for financial advisers.
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Financial Adviser Landscape - Presentation - Free Download
Last week, I presented at the FNW ‘Advice, Wealth and Super Rewired’ conference. Below, you can access the presentation for free. There are a number of charts that cover:
Financial Adviser Movement back to 2017
Calendar YTD movement including most growth / the least growth firms
Share price movement over five years of ASX listed firms associated with financial planning / wealth
The growth and impact of Micro AFSLs
New entrants - year by year
Gross revenue of advisers
Adviser opportunities - Growth of super and much more.
Our ‘FREE’ dashboard - ‘Super Fund Stats’ - Super Funds At The Fund Level, has been updated with all dashboards added including coverage of SMSF data where applicable. The full set of dashboards have been available to members since early Feb this year.
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