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Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... family members and third parties of existing clients are protected. The change effectively closes a loophole the financial advice sector has enjoyed. Currently, the Corporations Act bans the unsolicited offer of a financial product to a consumer. Several ...

HUB24 loans $78m to HTFS, beefs up ORFR reserves

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... performance for the year. "In an environment of increasing complexity, evolving client expectations and growing demand for advice, our focus remains on addressing these challenges through solutions that improve productivity, increase choice and flexibility ...

Challenger lifts earnings fuelled by annuity sales

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... target. Challenger said its retirement strategy had advance through new partnerships with superannuation funds, platforms and advice technology providers, aimed at making retirement income solutions more accessible. Offshore reinsurance annuity sales ...

Allianz Retire+ channels super directly to lifetime income

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... much more clearly understood and accepted by advisers. "The introduction of AGILE Super+ is fundamentally an access and advice story. We're enabling a broader range of advisers to incorporate guaranteed lifetime income solutions into retirement strategies ...

Iress bets on AI as business transformation moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... a pivotal development, and they'll be a big part of that evolution." The APAC wealth unit, which provides financial advice software and related tools to the advice and superannuation industries in Australia, as well as the broader APAC region, reported ...

Fiducian Group statutory profit falls 28%

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... operating segments, including financial planning, platform administration and funds management. Funds under management, advice and administration surged over $1 billion to $15.9 billion in the period. Statutory NPAT was $13.4 million, 28% lower than ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... this the emergence of a generation taking unprecedented ownership of its retirement savings, or evidence that an expanding advice gap is pushing younger Australians towards increasingly complex and concentrated investment decisions without the support ...

Bell Financial Group profit surges 133%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... while the transition of existing clients to the new Bell Potter Private Wealth platform and expansion of its investment advice offering generated $500 million in new client inflows. Funds under advice stood at $91.4 billion at the end of June, down 0.8% ...

AI advice boom highlights urgent need for affordable advice: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... to progress its long promised Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms. "Australians shouldn't have their advice options limited to only expensive full-service comprehensive financial advice on the one hand or the Wild West of unregulated ...

LGT Wealth Management appoints chief tech officer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... engineering capabilities, data infrastructure and AI initiatives. "Good technology should feel like an integral part of good advice, not something added on. When the two work together seamlessly, clients receive a better experience," Strydom said. "That ...