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Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... growth, and the revenue advisers can generate along with long-term incentives (LTIs). "The demand for LTI and equity in a business is high from candidates, but something that is not offered all that frequently. With the demand for hiring advisers with ...

Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The financial advice profession is helping solve the talent shortage by tapping into the offshoring workforce, offering pathways to education and training, according to Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). At the annual Congress in Perth ...

Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... reduction in the number of people out there advising on life insurance products... [there is an] impact on the volume of new business and new clients entering the risk insurance pool. That's a bad outcome for everyone because it creates challenges from ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) will launch a digital client identification tool to assist advisers identify and verify their clients for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) purposes. FAAA SafeID, an end-to-end ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... that the entire region is involved and diversification was lacking," Arndt said. "Resilient portfolios and resilient business aren't static - they evolve... resilience is not the opposite of ambition; it's the foundation for sustainable ambition." Arndt ...

HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... challenges for advice practices", HUB24 said. As part of the investment from HUB24, Finura has separated its advisory business into Finura Services, which will remain 100% owned by Finura Group's directors and staff. Finura joint managing director ...

L1 Group aims for $35m in cost reductions post-merger

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
The newly formed L1 Group is targeting a cost reduction of $30-35 million within the next 18 months as it looks to capitalise on synergies created by the merger. Recently appointed L1 Group chief executive and managing director Julian Russell noted ...

Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
A Japanese insurance company is taking an 18% stake in Barings to support its long-term growth strategy. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, via subsidiary Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., will acquire 18% of Barings from MassMutual. MassMutual will continue ...

SQM vows to 'respectfully' defend ASIC case

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... high-quality, objective research to our clients and the broader financial services community, and so it is very much business as usual." He added that as the matter is now before the court, SQM Research and he will not be making any further public comments. ...

Milford appoints country head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... of acting Australian country manager. "Since joining Milford in 2020, [Goodwin] has been instrumental in driving the business' growth within the Australian financial advisory network. Under her leadership, Milford Australia has built a high-performing ...