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Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The financial advice profession is helping solve the talent shortage by tapping into the offshoring workforce, offering pathways to education and training, according to Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). At the annual Congress in Perth ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) will launch a digital client identification tool to assist advisers identify and verify their clients for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) purposes. FAAA SafeID, an end-to-end ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
Retirees may be as much as $20,000 worse off at retirement due to the Your Future, Your Super performance test and RG97, a new report suggests. It could also be costing the country up to 140,000 jobs, the Australian Investment Council and Mandala say. ...

Milford appoints country head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Milford Asset Management has appointed an acting country head for Australia after news Kristine Goodwin is taking on a new role at AMP. Milford confirmed Goodwin is departing in December after resigning. She will be taking on the newly established role ...

AMP announces senior hire for North

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
AMP has established a new role of director for growth and distribution for its North platform, appointing Kristine Goodwin to the role. AMP said the creation of the new senior role aligns with its focus on accelerating the growth of the North business ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) is estimating the sub-sector levy to be payable by the financial advice industry in FY27 will be $126.9 million - but that doesn't account for First Guardian and Shield. In total, the initial estimate ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased ...

Passive strategies show 'higher survivorship' over active: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Passive strategies continued to outperform their actively managed counterparts across major segments over the past year, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer. The study spanned over 800 open-ended strategies in Australia across ...

'We won't bet against the US', but 'China is not a foe': Elia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Hostplus has no plans to switch up its investment strategies as tensions between the US and China continue to rise, chief executive David Elia told the ASFA Conference 2025. "I don't think it's about having to choose between either country. ...

TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
TAL is collaborating with SANE, a digital mental healthcare platform for eligible super fund members dealing with mental health issues. The collaboration combines SANE's expertise and its clinical and lived experience insights, with TAL's investment ...