{"id":68675,"date":"2023-11-17T09:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=68675"},"modified":"2023-11-22T05:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:57:22","slug":"welcome-jump-in-adviser-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2023\/11\/17\/welcome-jump-in-adviser-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Welcome Jump\u2019 in Adviser Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a \u201cwelcome jump\u201d in the number of financial advisers in the past week driven by another solid week of new entrants and a drop in the number of ceased advisers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthdata.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wealth Data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The research firm\u2019s <strong>Colin Williams<\/strong> points to adviser numbers being up by a net 18 in the latest week, boosted by nine new entrants and a low number of ceased advisers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57476\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/Colin-Williams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57476\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/09\/Colin-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Williams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams says the total number of advisers currently sits at 15,700 a net change of 99 fewer advisers for the calendar year to date, and a lift of 140 advisers in the financial year to date.<\/p>\n<p>This reinforces our earlier reporting that adviser numbers appear to be close to plateauing in the 2023 calendar year (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2023\/10\/16\/adviser-numbers-steady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adviser Numbers Steady?<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Wealth Data&#8217;s latest chart on financial adviser movements also shows that in the 2023 year to date, the drop of 99 advisers (down 0.63%) compares with a loss of 1,309 advisers in the prior calendar year, a fall of 7.62%.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows that so far this year 104 new licensees have opened (plus 127 in the prior period) while 51 licensees have ceased compared with a loss of 344 in the 2022 calendar year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68686\" style=\"width: 1257px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68686\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1257\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one.png 1257w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one-696x177.png 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/WD-16-Nov-3rd-one-1068x272.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wealth Data.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a \u201cwelcome jump\u201d in the number of financial advisers in the past week driven by another solid week of new entrants and a drop in the number of ceased advisers, according to Wealth Data. 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