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Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... supporting our members as they approach retirement," Singappuli said. "The collaboration and shared innovation between our teams so far has been outstanding." In addition, Bravura has partnered with AIA Financial Wellbeing to build its first digital ...

FS Power50 shortlist revealed, voting opens

STAFF WRITER  |  SATURDAY, 30 AUG 2025
... financial advisers who have progressed to the voting stage after receiving more than 200 nominations has been revealed. So far, more than 10,000 votes have been cast. In the making of this list, Financial Standard defines 'influential' as individuals ...

Trust key to client satisfaction in advice: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... trust and fee transparency have slowly emerged as two of the top elements for client satisfaction. "Trust came through by far and away as the top driver of satisfaction, and it is something that is effectively the bedrock of the relationship between ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... their clients, in the broader financial services sector doing the right thing," Macdonald said. "Hopefully, the findings so far will help to move from consultation and inquiry into action to stop or at least minimise these large failures."

Shield-linked advice firm director, compliance manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... to maintain MWL's compliance manual, including the conflicts policy, and failed his gatekeeper functions, ASIC said. So far, four of MWL's financial advisers have been banned by ASIC over their involvement in the Shield debacle. They are Isaac ...

New Forests beefs up local landscapes fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
New Forests is acquiring close to 50% of McPhee Beef Farms in New South Wales and will look to implement more regenerative agriculture practices and reduce its emissions. The acquisition is being made via New Forests' Australia New Zealand Landscapes ...

Grattan calls for large scale tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... the amount of tax the top 5% pay differs widely. "People on very high incomes can end up facing lower rates than those on far lower incomes," she said. "About half of this effect comes from the very generous tax discount for income from capital gains. ...

Only half of advice practices report positive earnings: Investment Trends

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... operating and advice production costs," he added. "Ongoing advice fees are significantly higher among the top 20% of practices, far outpacing the average with 'highly profitable' advisers charging nearly double the ongoing fees of their peers. "When ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... not diving right in is the investments team, with chief investment officer Con Michalakis saying "it's very early days." So far, the team has largely used it to build presentations and develop educational materials and tools. Keyword searches in research ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... the bond market as a whole, Murfin describes total returns as "respectable." "We're talking about 2.7% for the year so far, so hopefully we're on course for a stable year for global bonds," he says. "We're still recovering, of course, from ...