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Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... back to the demand-supply imbalance as the number of advisers continues to shrink while Australians' need for financial advice remains strong. "The current talent pool is notably thin especially for advisers with portable books and strong client servicing ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... from happening again will be the focus moving forward, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress. Although compensating victims remains a key priority for the government and the financial ...

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... and it is high time for its reformation. Conaghan took the opportunity to reprimand the regulator at the annual Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress, saying ASIC has let down 12,000 Australians who lost an estimated $1 billion to $1.2 ...

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
... insurers in Australia, because the predominant method for the distribution of individual insurance contracts is financial advice," he said. "So naturally, when there's a significant reduction in the number of people out there advising on life insurance ...

Scaling practices depends on AI: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The financial advice industry cannot rely on hiring more advisers to scale practices, rather it needs to prioritise the adoption of new technology that will also help meet unprecedented demand for advice over the next five years, this year's Financial ...

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 ...

HNW investors prioritise trust and human connection: Praemium

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... meetings with their adviser, and 50% want regular monthly check-ins. The report identified that HNW investors seek financial advice for assistance with long-term planning (54%) and an adviser's ability to understand their complete wealth situation (49%). ...

HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... addressing this need while continuing to invest in our market-leading platform to enable advisers to deliver financial advice for more Australians." In early 2026, myhub will commence a pilot program for licensees, advice networks, and advisers to co-design ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) is estimating the sub-sector levy to be payable by the financial advice industry in FY27 will be $126.9 million - but that doesn't account for First Guardian and Shield. In total, the initial estimate ...