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One third of advisers use 'Big 3' platforms: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
FirstChoice, BT Panorama and Insignia Financial's Expand are the most widely used platforms among financial advisers, according to Rainmaker Information, which shows that one third of the industry rely on the 'Big 3'. Colonial First States ...

Investments, advice complaints jump 18%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Investments and financial advice complaints jumped 18% in the 2025 financial year, thanks to the failures of United Global Capital, Shield Master Fund, First Guardian Master Fund and Brite Advisors. This is according to the Australian Financial Complaints ...

Financial services workers earn 12% pay rise

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Financial services employees saw their pay packets rise 12% in the last 12 months, according to Hays' annual Salary Guide, outpacing salary growth for lawyers and technology professionals. After canvassing more than 12,000 employees from Australia ...

CC Capital drags feet on Insignia takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
CC Capital Partners continues to drag its feet on making an official takeover offer for Insignia Financial, surpassing the two-week timeframe it promised it would make a binding bid within. The announcement released on the ASX this morning states that ...

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 ...

HNWIs, family offices embracing private real estate credit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
The appetite of Australia's wealthiest people to invest in private real estate credit is growing, with a new report from Centuria Bass revealing many family offices and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals plan to boost their investment in the ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
The unemployment rate rose from 4.1% to 4.3% in June, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said the surprise uptick in unemployment means the next rate ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...

Beware risks in private markets: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
While access to private markets for wealth managers has evolved in the last decade, so too has the level of risk involved, a report states. According to bfinance's Private Markets for Private Wealth: Democratisation vs Retailisation report, 61% of wealth ...

IFS recovers $226m in unpaid super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has collected more than $226 million of unpaid superannuation in the previous financial year, bringing its total recoveries to over $2 billion to date. Despite the effort, the ability to easily recover super is still a fair ...