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ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... years at Frontier Advisors as head of alternatives and derivatives. There, he led a team covering research and specialist advice to clients on derivative strategies, alternative investments, risk management and portfolio construction. Before that, he ...

Super outflows persist but profits up at Insignia Financial

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... below the line cash costs from $153 million to $16 million which has greatly improved our NPAT result." Profits in the advice business, including Bridges and Shadforth, came in at $12.2 million with net revenue rising to $85.8 million. Insignia Financial ...

HUB24 posts record HY inflows, advisers on platform jump by 8%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... managing director and chief executive Andrew Alcock said. HUB24 highlighted continued disruption in the wealth management and advice industry, which has become a catalyst for advisers to switch platforms. These includes regulatory changes, a shift in ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
To thrive in providing SMSF advice, financial advisers must gain specialist skills, technical competencies and work on strengthening their professional judgement, according to the SMSF Association. Advisers are urged to do better particularly in the ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... Class had no financial adviser behind them. The figures conclude that the share of newly established SMSFs attached to advice is trending downwards. SMSF Association chief executive Peter Burgess told the opening panel that technology and structural ...

Netwealth reports HY loss after $100m payment to First Guardian victims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... helps simplify workflows and ultimately will create further capacity," he said. "Over time, AI will help make financial advice more accessible and more personalised, supporting advisers as they work with a wider range of Australians." Netwealth reiterated ...

Opposition leader unveils fresh shadow cabinet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... January and then being restored to the role shortly before Ley's exit. Conaghan is considered an ally by many in the advice space and has been outspoken on the collapse of Shield and First Guardian and a vocal critic of ASIC's handling of the ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
Two years on from a review into cold calling and lead generators, ASIC is launching another into the advice licensees that use them. ASIC said the aim of the review is to address practices that inappropriately or unnecessarily encourage consumers to ...

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service (LaaS) business ...

Challenger results a 'headline miss'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... first half results, Challenger announced a partnership with OPEX to scale the Informed Financial Future (iff) financial advice platform. The platform is designed to help advisers generate comprehensive advice strategies faster and scale advice delivery ...