Data from the QOA’s adviser survey, used to inform the review, has revealed a snapshot of Australia’s adviser landscape, their views and the shape of their businesses.

Research from Rainmaker Information has revealed the AFSLs that experienced the largest net growth in number of financial advisers last year.

Financial advice technology provider Asendium believes paraplanners are the key to unlocking growth and efficiency for the Australian advice sector.

The Australian ETF industry’s monthly market cap has increased by $4.7 billion, resulting in $138.5 billion in assets under management at the end of January.

Former head of BlackRock’s North American institutional business, Zach Buchwald, has been appointed as chief executive and chairman to lead Russell Investments.

The global investment management firm has welcomed Benjamin Abell as its Australian head of product and strategy.

Like most of the financial advice industry, Outsider has spent the week reading through the final report of the Quality of Advice Review.

With Valentines’ Day just around the corner, Outsider had better get his thinking cap on as to what he can buy for Mrs O this year.

Much has been written about the recent development of AI chatbot ChatGPT which can write stories, answer questions and provide fascinating facts for its users.