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Picture Wealth named fastest-growing planner: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
A financial planning group that began life as a fintech start-up is enjoying a rapid growth phase. Picture Wealth Advisory leads the top 10 AFSLs with the highest number of new advisers in the year to June, based on a new financial adviser report released ...

Law firm eyes First Guardian, Shield class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Slater and Gordon Lawyers are investigating a potential class action on behalf of investors in First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme with thousands of Australians' superannuation savings. Slater and ...

Now is the best time to invest in infrastructure: Palisade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... gigawatts (GW) in the next decade. "Looking ahead, we've estimated that in order [to accommodate] Australia's need for short- and medium-term reliability requirements and our long-term commitments to net zero - we'll need to invest about ...

HNWIs, family offices embracing private real estate credit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... their capital can influence lending decisions. Being private also means family offices are not swayed by public markets and short-term thinking," Gottlieb said. "Because it's a family investment, often these investors take a long-term view and see ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
CPA Australia says the drastic exodus of financial advisers has put Australians' retirement money at risk, possibly leading them to invest in higher-risk schemes. According to the Financial Adviser Register, there are only 15,300 advisers left in the ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... cycle remains intact, albeit uncomfortably slowing." In Australia, the macro backdrop remains stable and supportive in the short term, the Schroders outlook found. Inflation is moderating towards the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target, and growth ...

Super moves: TCorp, Mercer, Commonwealth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... including from the Department of Finance, RSA Archer, and most recently, the Risk Management Institute of Australia. In the short term, he has some consulting work lined up focused on developing a reasonable steps framework under the FAR regime, which ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... and quickly became a key communicator for adviser presentations. After five years, he left the asset manager, and did a short stint in Singapore, helping to build Standard Chartered's equities broking business. But, Isles returned to work with Kerr ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Product overlap is marginal. L1 has a much more diversified client base and manages a select few niche strategies-such as long/short and catalyst-driven funds-that are less replicable by passive options," Ler said. "Investment performance for its suite ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... the remaining 32% coming from smart beta and active ETFs. "In Australian fixed income, investors have continued to favour short duration strategies with high credit quality. Another trend has been the significant uptick of net flows into gold for 1H25 ...