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Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... majority of licensees hold PII policies. Demand for PII in the Australian market is therefore largely inelastic," the paper read. "As of 20 November 2025, there were over 6400 AFSL holders with over 52,000 current authorised representatives, and approximately ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched two new tools to help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
At its meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reached a monetary policy decision to keep the cash rate unchanged at 3.6%. In explaining why, the board warned of possible rate rises in 2026 as it takes a more cautious response to inflationary ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Australians who plan ahead are not only more comfortable in retirement but also see their super balances growing "significantly" higher than those who wait, research reveals. According to the latest Brighter Super & Investment Trends 2025 Retirement ...

Financially savvy Australians can add $1.2tn to wealth: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... five times greater by retirement, compared to an individual who reaches advanced financial capability at age 65," the report read. The report pointed out the current disconnect in access to financial advice and called on advisers to deliver it through ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... victim-survivor liable for corporate misconduct the perpetrator engages in and certain debts they accrue," the consultation read. The government estimated that economic abuse in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence affects more than 2.4 ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...