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Federal Court dismisses Freedom Insurance staff allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... in February 2019 before committing to divest all its operations - including financial advice business Spectrum Wealth Advisers - and eventually appointing liquidators in February 2020. ASIC launched the civil action proceedings against the two parties ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... governance frameworks, management of conflicts of interest, and outcomes for consumers," the report said. Some financial advisers who do not recommend managed accounts have voiced concerns about the conflicts of interest that infiltrate the ecosystem ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... development specialist, hiring from Resolution Life. In the newly created role, David Sutjipto will work closely with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ensure policy owners understand their options when life insurance is at risk ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Financial advisers will be able to access the combination of Vanguard's expertise in global index portfolio construction and Lonsec Investment Solutions investment management experience through a new core-satellite model portfolio offering. The Vanguard ...

AMP platform flows jump 61.6%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... increased to $86.9 billion in the quarter. "In Platforms, the strength of the North proposition continues to be recognised by advisers, with net cashflows up over 60% on previous corresponding period and AUM reaching close to $87 billion," AMP chief ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Advice (SoA). The SoA for new business applications is also being piloted for rollout soon, and is said to be saving advisers, on average, 15 minutes per new business application. The platform has already implemented AI to automatically populate clients' ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... their interest, and then get connected with a licensed financial adviser, and it goes on from there." Several financial advisers are within ASIC's crosshairs. For example, principal and financial adviser of Venture Egg, Ferras Merhi is under investigation ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... and private keys, allowing investors to be more readily build a position," Mothoneos said. "In the way most financial advisers or wealth managers build portfolios through ETFs, the legal structure will fit even easier with the asset allocation framework ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... at Perpetual Private. He is recognised for building high-performing teams, nurturing referral networks and supporting advisers to achieve sustainable growth. "Integro has earned a reputation for its client-first ethos and growth mindset," Mesch said. ...

Ausbil lists two global ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... more accessible to a broader range of investors." "Through active ETFs, we're directly meeting the requests of financial advisers, SMSFs and everyday investors. "We believe Ausbil's active management, a rigorous top-down macro and bottom-up fundamental ...