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HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
HUB24 has taken an equity stake in Finura Digital, the parent company to Advice Designer, a SaaS platform that helps financial advisers automate their advice production processes. In addition, HUB24 will introduce myhub, an "ecosystem concept" being ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Financial advisers need to tackle inherent behavioural bias in members and build simpler frameworks to improve retirement outcomes, according to research by Industry Fund Services (IFS). The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Challenger, identified ...

Milford appoints country head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Milford Asset Management has appointed an acting country head for Australia after news Kristine Goodwin is taking on a new role at AMP. Milford confirmed Goodwin is departing in December after resigning. She will be taking on the newly established role ...

AMP announces senior hire for North

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... aligns with its focus on accelerating the growth of the North business and its commitment to broadening its financial adviser and partner relationships. Goodwin brings extensive experience from a career in executive-level distribution and marketing roles ...

Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... to 2021, will serve as independent chair of the new trustee firm. Glenfield, who was chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) between 2018 and 2022, is an independent director. Super Trustees Australia currently ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... under the CSLR where a 'counterfactual investment loss' occurred if a complaint is made against their financial adviser. If all 3000 investors were to lodge a complaint and were successful, this could total an additional $100 million to be paid ...

Brighter Super expands senior team

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Brighter Super has introduced three new senior leadership positions. It has appointed Hayley Powell as head of superannuation and retirement advice, Craig Godfrey as head of IFA partnership and growth, and Brendan Nerdal as head of stakeholder and corporate ...

Stay or leave: ASIC's private credit clampdown tests managers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC's crackdown on the private credit market has created a 'stay or leave' proposition for some fund managers, a Financial Standard event heard. Speaking at the recent Financial Standard Advisers in Focus event in Melbourne, HMC Private ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is suing SQM Research over its 'favourable' rating for the Shield Master Fund, marking the first time the watchdog has acted against a research house. ASIC alleges that the research house failed to obtain information needed to properly ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... superannuation being invested in products that were unsuitable, high risk and costly. "We allege that no competent financial adviser could have recommended Australians invest large amounts of their superannuation in these funds, and that Interprac - ...