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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... them, with the insurer seeing a 171% increase in claims between 2018 and 2023. Designed in collaboration with financial advisers, TPD Severity offers more flexibility around existing TPD options, allowing advisers to tailor cover to their clients' ...

HUB24 sees $5.2bn in net inflows

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... active advisers, which is up 11% from 4720 in the prior corresponding period. The strong growth indicates more financial advisers are electing to use HUB24's platform and services, it said, highlighting that it ranked first in the Adviser Ratings ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... governance frameworks, management of conflicts of interest, and outcomes for consumers," the report said. Some financial advisers who do not recommend managed accounts have voiced concerns about the conflicts of interest that infiltrate the ecosystem ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... development specialist, hiring from Resolution Life. In the newly created role, David Sutjipto will work closely with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ensure policy owners understand their options when life insurance is at risk ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Financial advisers will be able to access the combination of Vanguard's expertise in global index portfolio construction and Lonsec Investment Solutions investment management experience through a new core-satellite model portfolio offering. The Vanguard ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... their interest, and then get connected with a licensed financial adviser, and it goes on from there." Several financial advisers are within ASIC's crosshairs. For example, principal and financial adviser of Venture Egg, Ferras Merhi is under investigation ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... and private keys, allowing investors to be more readily build a position," Mothoneos said. "In the way most financial advisers or wealth managers build portfolios through ETFs, the legal structure will fit even easier with the asset allocation framework ...

Ausbil lists two global ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... more accessible to a broader range of investors." "Through active ETFs, we're directly meeting the requests of financial advisers, SMSFs and everyday investors. "We believe Ausbil's active management, a rigorous top-down macro and bottom-up fundamental ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Bill O'Byrne retire, while Geographe director Craig Gibson will wind back day-to-day operational involvement. Financial advisers Sean Spencer and Brent O'Byrne will increase their shareholding and rise to leadership roles. AZ NGA chief executive Paul ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... be held in early 2026, engaging consumer representatives, mental health advocates, superannuation trustees, financial advisers, and medical professionals, CALI said. CALI may also look at contemporary medical evidence and return-to-work practices to ...