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More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... "fundamental shift", with some 67 Australian financial services licences (AFSLs) were granted over the past six months. This was a level that was never seen before, he said, further accentuating the intent towards self-licensing. However, the low number ...

Cultural competency is not a box-ticking exercise: RIAA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... construct. Today, it's moving away from that and, more importantly, ensuring staff and management within BHP have a high level of cultural knowledge and awareness. "We've got various phases of different cultural awareness programs underway. From ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... "I am satisfied also that there are several other circumstances that justify a significant penalty. Westpac's size, the level of its profits and its market position are relevant to a consideration of what may be considered as an acceptable cost of doing ...

APRA funding levy rises to $253m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... management," the discussion paper read. Targeting unnecessary spending, the levy will also be used for "intense scrutiny of fund-level expenditure to hold RSE licensees accountable for improving practices, reducing spending that is deemed not in members' ...

ASIC backs Australia's fintech edge as AI reshapes financial services

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) believes Australia is well placed to capitalise on accelerating financial innovation, as artificial intelligence (AI), digital finance and regulatory technology become increasingly embed across ...

Super fund-backed AFSL adviser numbers drop: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... "The financial advice workforce continues to contract, limiting the capacity of traditional, in-person models to meet this level of demand. Face-to-face advice alone is unlikely to bridge this gap." The report found a small number of funds anticipated ...

Behavioural constraint is costing retirees greatly: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
The insurer found that market volatility, and inadequate savings are no longer the greatest threats to retirement outcomes, rather, it comes down to hesitancy to make the decisions retirement requires. Allianz Retire+'s The two-chapter retirement report ...

Data, compliance key to successful technology-enabled advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Before considering anything else, a panel of technology and advice experts stressed the importance of starting at the ground level - improving client and investment data before leveraging AI over it. On the final day of the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... markets amid weakened demand for the USD and blue chips like the Magnificent Seven becoming expensive. At the performance level, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has delivered about 44% p.a. in the year to April, while the MSCI World returned 28% p.a. ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... 1% to 1.5% in terms of GDP growth. That's low for Australia. That will mean that our population is running above our level of economic growth, which means that per person we're going backwards again. That is disappointing after we had this resurgence ...