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GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... how our members have responded since we went live..." Palmer said. The fund also commented on its plans for a financial advice offering. In April 2025, GESB said it would work with the WA government and stakeholders to develop a strategy that would initially ...

Coastline Advice, Edge Advisory Partners to merge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Victorian financial advice firms Coastline Advice and Edge Advisory Partners have announced plans to merge and create a multi-disciplinary advice business. The combined entity will operate under the Coastline Advice brand, and will collectively house ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

AMP upgrades North

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... foundational supports, he added, it still lacklustre in the face of mounting demands for accessible, high-quality financial advice. "Platforms can often just launch a whole bunch of features to advisors, and they're not that well integrated," Batsakis ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... subsidiary Interprac Financial Planning, alleging its financial advisers provided thousands of Australians poor financial advice and put their retirement savings at significant risk. In August, Sequoia was already dealing with $22 million worth of complaints ...

Centrepoint Alliance expects core profit to top guidance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... 316 - who have fixed-term contracts due for review over the next year - have confirmed they will transition to Financial Advice Matters, a subsidiary of Centrepoint Alliance.

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... attracted 26 submissions including responses from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), the Super Members Council (SMC), and more. ASIC said it received "broad support" from industry ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... compensated." CSLR chief executive David Berry questioned the value PII brings in the context of CSLR. At the recent Financial Advice Association Congress, he shared that one large AFSL had to fly to London to negotiate with the insurer Lloyd's of ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... assets reached $256.25 billion as of 30 June 2025, reflecting the sector's role in improving the efficiency of financial advice by delivering institutional-grade investment portfolios. "Cameron's appointment strengthens our leadership to support ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... levied in 2025-26, despite about 80% of existing claims on the CSLR scheme relating to advice in that sector." The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said asking advice firms to pay 22% of the CSLR special levy ...