The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 221 - 230 of 5643 results for "Financial adviser"

3500 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025

ASIC is urgently calling on financial advisers to review the accuracy of their Financial Adviser Register profile if they intend to continue providing advice into 2026 and beyond. The regulator said, based on current information, some 3459 advisers ...

CSLR publishes paid claims details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) has made 551 payments totalling $54 million since it began operating, some 291 of which were made in relation to Dixon Advisory. The overwhelming majority of payments relate to personal financial advice ...

ASIC permanently bans jailed adviser

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025

ASIC has permanently banned a former financial adviser after he was convicted for defrauding family and friends out of $4.5 million. Anthony Joseph Del Vecchio served as a financial adviser for Freedom Finance Australia from November 2016 to October ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025

... just a tool." moneyGPS executive adviser Jason Nyilas describes digital advice as technology that mirrors a financial adviser offering personalised strategy and product recommendations. He adds that financial wellbeing and the role of a coach are critical ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has reinstated United Global Capital's (UGC) membership until 31 March 2026, to ensure consumers can lodge complaints regarding Shield and First Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership ...

Australian Retirement Trust chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025

... part in driving retirement outcomes for those 2.4 million Australians alongside 200,000 employers, union and financial adviser partners," Anderson said. "I'm so proud of the accomplishments of my ART colleagues in my time here. In addition to award-winning ...

Colonial First State partners with MST Financial

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025

Colonial First State (CFS) has partnered with MST Financial to create a platform that empowers advisers to deliver better insights to clients. With MST Financial, CFS will debut Sandstone Insights, a premium research platform. This program will equip ...

Unprecedented US M&As a boon for Australia: BGA

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the US wealth management sector have reached unprecedented levels over the last five years and the local sector is poised to benefit highly from this, according to Berkshire Global Advisors (BGA). Bomy Hagopian, a partner ...

BT launches new low-cost investment menu

ANGELIQUE MINAS | FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025

... reinforcing BT Panorama's position as a flexible, future-ready platform." Meantime, Vanguard Australia head of financial adviser services Rachel White said: "BT Panorama's platform strength combined with Vanguard's investment expertise offers advisers ...

ASIC chair calls it quits

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025

... report. Despite receiving record funding since the Hayne Royal Commission, including massive contributions via the financial adviser levy and Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), ASIC's effectiveness has come under fire in the wake of the Australian ...

PAGE:

Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

Videos

Brought to you by

A guaranteed future

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Strength amid noise

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Follow the leaders

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE