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Ironbark brings businesses under one national banner

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... executive and co-founder Chris Larsen said. With $93 billion under advice, management and trusteeship, the financial services group said bringing the brands together under a single brand is part of its strategy to provide advice and investment solutions ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... question of 'customer' or 'member', to be frank. Look at what we've seen in the past with the way large financial services institutions have treated their customers. I wouldn't want to wish that upon anybody," Watson said. "It's about treating ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... proposed reforms. The educational reforms have largely driven mass attrition in the profession following the Financial Services Royal Commission. There were 15,151 active financial advisers at the end of 2025, dropping substantially from the peak of ...

CALI pushes for advice reforms as Australians turn to AI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... insurers to provide simple advice directly to their customers without any extra cost, it added. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino late last year asked for patience as the government continued to work through complexities in enabling greater ...

Constant slams super funds over complaints handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... aspiration doesn't match your role in the system. The ASX is one of the most critical limbs of Australia's financial services, but it's failed to deliver on its promise to its customers because it has looked backward, not forward, whilst seeing its issues ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... current layered framework. While some regulations will fall under general consumer law, other can trigger general financial services regulation, while eventually the asset class may warrant prudential oversight. "This approach avoids the binary choice ...

Australians like AI, reluctant to trust it on financial decisions: Survey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... enough to start paying for AI financial tools. Sixty four percent of Australians expect AI to become common in financial services within five years. "People want AI introduced carefully, with safeguards and clear human responsibility for decisions that ...

Infocus reinforces focus on adviser support, governance with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... practical by working with head of risk and compliance Annika Coutts. He brings over 20 years of experience across financial services governance, audit and regulatory compliance. Most recently, he held the same position at Count for six years, supervising ...

Brisbane financial adviser appears in court on dishonesty charges

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... Magistrates Court on March 6 to face multiple charges of dishonesty offences. Prakash is a director of Principal Financial Services, Self-Managed Super, Provest Enterprises, and Super Funds Australia Pty Ltd ITF Principal Superannuation Fund. ASIC alleges ...

Former MWL Financial adviser banned for six years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Raluca Terheci from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...