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Adviser of MWL, UGC banned for seven years

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... banned its former chief executive Joel Hweish for 10 years in August 2024 in relation to providing conflicted personal advice concerning highly speculative investments. From its findings, ASIC believes that Van Coppenhagen is not a fit and proper person ...

Mulino taps super sector to help pay CSLR special levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... regulatory effect. Under this approach the primary sub sectors contributing to the levy would be licensees that provide personal advice on relevant financial products to retail clients (22%), credit providers (15.3%), responsible entities (13.7%), superannuation ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Guardian" but that they couldn't "make it so that First Guardian is the underlying reason for the call and that personal advice is secondary to that process". Later, Imperial told Interprac it was changing its business model to specifically promote ...

Rest launches new retirement tools to increase advice appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... model, which encompasses education, information, and online calculators; digital intra-fund advice tools; and personal advice provided by phone-based advisers, Rest said. Rest's digital tools are used on average about 30,000 times per year, representing ...

3500 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... Advisers who are existing providers have until 1 January 2026 to meet qualifications standards to continue providing personal advice to retail clients. As of September 16, 7081 relevant providers hold an approved degree or qualification, 3966 are relying ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... believing that somehow, the wealth management industry can replicate this trajectory. "The question is, can we get personal advice available to people on a laptop? Yes, we can. And we can do it at a personal level, where it's so intimate that [the ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... phase of its digital advice rollout, which is now underway. The partnership will provide members pre-retirement personal advice tools, and a public-facing calculator. The solution is designed to help members better understand their financial position ...

Adviser banned for PRP supervision failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... of advice provided by the provisional relevant provider to a retail client," ASIC said. PRPs can only provide personal advice to retail clients on a supervised basis during their professional year.

Lipman Burgon taps former Koda Capital head of research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... Lipman Burgon's growth. "The firm's combination of governance discipline, behavioural insight, and deeply personal advice sets it apart," he said.

Younger Aussies want personalised financial advice: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... life insurance products. Under current laws, life insurers in Australia are legally restricted from providing personal advice to customers. In December 2024, the government committed to reforming this framework to allow life insurers to offer straightforward ...