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Adviser increase the 'strongest' since FY20: Padua WealthData

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
The number of financial advisers has risen to 15,169, with net gains of six new members this week, according to Padua WealthData's analysis. In the second straight week of gains, the financial year to date's gain was 286, which is the strongest start ...

Netwealth to defend First Guardian class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Netwealth will defend a class action brought against it by Keily McCrosson, a boutique law firm based in Melbourne, around the collapse of First Guardian. Netwealth said it subsidiaries Netwealth Investments and Netwealth Superannuation Services have ...

Netwealth faces potential class action over First Guardian failure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
Netwealth Group has received letters of potential class action, alleging it breached duties while offering and monitoring certain First Guardian investment options available through the Netwealth Superannuation Master Fund. No proceedings have yet been ...

Mirova sets up shop in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
The sustainable investing arm of Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM) has established a dedicated private assets team in Australia to support the continued growth of Mirova's Energy Transition Infrastructure (MET) activities. The team will focus ...

Schroders nabs Lazard's Australian portfolio manager

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
Aaron Binsted will join Schroders Australia in early November as a portfolio manager and analyst after 24 years at Lazard Asset Management. Binsted co-led Lazard's Australian equities strategies for the last 15 years. He will join Schroders' ...

Banned SMSF auditor sentenced for falsifying reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Banned SMSF auditor Kirstian Convery has been sentenced to 60 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to continuing to act as an auditor while disqualified and falsifying audit documents. Convery was convicted by the Melbourne Magistrates ...

Swyftx confirms executive line up

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Swyftx has confirmed its leaders, including its chief executive who served as the managing director at Lazard for nearly a decade previously. Andrea Yuen has stepped into the role of chief executive, while Cathryn Lyall has become the chair after acting ...

Insurer sanctioned for over 10k breaches

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer after it reported more than 10,000 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) in relation to failure to provide timely, completed annual notices. ...

AFCA moves to reinstate APT Strategy, opens doors for victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
The Australian Fiduciaries-linked APT Strategy has been reinstated as a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), paving the way for victims to come forward. AFCA today announced APT Strategy, which is in liquidation, is once again ...

HESTA appoints new heads of risk and finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
HESTA has announced the appointment of James Haviland as head of risk, commencing August 24, and John O'Sullivan as head of finance and tax and deputy chief financial officer, commencing in November. Haviland will lead HESTA's risk function ...
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