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Industry reacts to Mulino's sweeping reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... the minister for financial services Daniel Mulino have been broad. Industry superannuation funds have welcomed financial advice reforms announced yesterday, which would create a New Class of Adviser and let funds deliver low-cost advice to members in-house. ...

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... financial wellbeing, with 84% of Australians believing that employers should provide access to free or subsidised financial advice. Rest has called for greater integration between super funds and government services, alongside progress on the Delivering ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... apply the waterfall model outlined in a recent consultation to the $170.3 million special levy attributed to the financial advice subsector for the 2026-27 financial year. "But applying the waterfall model doesn't mean that sub-sectors are automatically ...

Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... family members and third parties of existing clients are protected. The change effectively closes a loophole the financial advice sector has enjoyed. Currently, the Corporations Act bans the unsolicited offer of a financial product to a consumer. Several ...

Iress bets on AI as business transformation moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... a pivotal development, and they'll be a big part of that evolution." The APAC wealth unit, which provides financial advice software and related tools to the advice and superannuation industries in Australia, as well as the broader APAC region, reported ...

FS Power50 voting opens

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SUNDAY, 16 AUG 2026
... for the annual ranking. The FS Power50 recognises advisers who demonstrate leadership and influence within the financial advice profession while making a meaningful contribution to their clients, industry and wider communities. Advisers on the shortlist ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... mean advice isn't reaching young people where they are in life." The findings coincide with the Australian financial advice profession continuing to contract. According to ASFA, the number of licensed financial advisers has fallen by around 40% over ...

AI advice boom highlights urgent need for affordable advice: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... reforms. "Australians shouldn't have their advice options limited to only expensive full-service comprehensive financial advice on the one hand or the Wild West of unregulated AI tools on the other, with nothing in between to serve the needs of 'the ...

ASIC warns investors over Yepbit platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... Australia, but does not hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and is not authorised to provide financial advice or services in Australia. The corporate regulator said Yepbit has falsely claimed ASIC froze investor funds while it complied ...

Super funds should not be asked to fund the CSLR: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... not the case in Australia. Despite accounting for almost all (96%) compensation the CSLR has paid, the personal financial advice sector has only contributed 84% of its funding. ASFA acknowledged it would be "impossible" for financial advisers to fund ...