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Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... movement on a CSLR review, the progression of other key financial advice reforms, and the launch of the 2025 Financial Standard Power50. These were the top financial advice stories of the year that was. 1. Jones instigates CSLR review, levy hits $70m ...

Receivers appointed to First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... investors", ASIC said. Of the $131 million raised, ASIC said only $7 million can be identified at present. Financial Standard understands the funds offered by FMPE were being sold by a group of unlicensed representatives that claimed to operate under ...

AMP upgrades North

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... increasing retirement rate. "We have this ambition to make sure we get advice to more clients who need it," she told Financial Standard. "Every day 700 people are retiring, and a lot of those people really need advice, and really need good advice." That ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... Experts have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the ...

ASIC class relief for digital assets now effective

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... exemption applies. Commenting, Clearway Capital Solutions principal and managing director Dennis Mothoneos told Financial Standard that although these reliefs will reduce "regulatory hurdles", the applicable products remain limited. "ASIC's relief reduces ...

ASX suffers another outage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... announcements. Halted securities will only resume trading once the associated announcement has been published." Financial Standard understands there were no issues with clearing or settlement and the outage was just a publication issue. This comes after ...

FX coaching platform handed additional conditions over compliance failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... states. However, details of LTT's courses and coaching programs were inaccessible at the time of publication. Financial Standard has reached out to LTT for comment.

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... of the risks of direct investments in funds that don't support in specie transfers". In a statement to Financial Standard, TelstraSuper said: "As a profit to member super fund, we always put our members first. This decision reflects our commitment ...

Clime shutters two funds, offloads retail book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... not provide details on ASIC's investigation into the Australian Income Fund. ASIC, however, confirmed to Financial Standard that it has not changed its position on this matter and that the investigation is ongoing. The Clime Australian Income Fund ...

Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... need to stay focused on the risk market and make sure that clients have access to risk solutions." Speaking to Financial Standard, Acenda partner education manager Marshall Ross agreed with Anderson's statements, arguing that life insurers need more ...