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Most influential advisers of 2025 revealed

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
The annual Financial Standard Power50 has been revealed. Now in its 12 th year, the FS Power50 celebrates financial advisers promoting the value of the financial advice and the profession while providing outstanding service to their clients and wider ...

Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... September 2025 there were 15,446 ASIC-registered financial advisers in Australia, according to the Rainmaker Financial Adviser report. Over the year to September, there was a decrease of 71 advisers, with 10 leaving the industry in the September quarter. ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
The Actuaries Institute has released a proposed framework for closing the financial advice gap in Australia. The Actuaries Institute Help, Guidance and Advice (HGA) Working Group undertook extensive research and consultation to examine how different ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Venture Egg financial adviser Ferras Merhi has been banned from working in financial services after ASIC successfully obtained interim restraining orders from the Federal Court. Yesterday, Justice Moshinsky restrained Merhi "through his servants, agents ...

Challenger, Iress partner for retirement income solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Challenger and Iress have entered a strategic partnership to develop an advice-led solution to improve accessibility of retirement income products in Australia. Iress said the technology solution will enable financial advisers to better serve their ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Jovan Videkanic from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Insignia Financial delivered a strong first quarter for FY26, with funds under management and administration now exceeding $340 billion. Over the period, the business saw total net inflows of $1.0 billion, driven by $1.3 billion of net inflows into ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... of consuming capital in retirement." A secret weapon These are sentiments echoed by John Manserra, a senior financial adviser and director at Geelong-based Apex Advice. Manserra's client base are unlikely to be described as 'high-net-worth individuals' ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... may investigate the original application for misrepresentation," he adds. However, Viridian Advisory senior financial adviser Shaun Au notes that most super funds aim to process claims within two to six months from notification of death, and further ...

ASIC slaps MWL adviser with ban over Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... eight years. Spooner's ban has been recorded on the Banned and Disqualified Register. He is just the latest MWL financial adviser to be banned, following the earlier suspension of four advisers in July. On August 25, ASIC cancelled MWL's Australian financial ...