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FAAA Award winners announced

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... that O'Flynn has shown great dedication to improving the lives of his clients throughout his over 20-year tenure in the industry. Sharpe said: "Mark not only clearly demonstrated a level of technical excellence, incorporating engagement with all the ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Australia (FAAA) Congress. Although compensating victims remains a key priority for the government and the financial advice industry, Mulino said preventing such incidents from ever happening is far better than having to compensate. By applying an appropriate ...

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... endorses. One body can focus on financial crime and law enforcement, and the other on being a regulator that works with the industry to lift standards and improve outcomes. "I believe that is something that the coalition needs to take seriously, because ...

Scaling practices depends on AI: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The financial advice industry cannot rely on hiring more advisers to scale practices, rather it needs to prioritise the adoption of new technology that will also help meet unprecedented demand for advice over the next five years, this year's Financial ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... inherent behavioural bias in members and build simpler frameworks to improve retirement outcomes, according to research by Industry Fund Services (IFS). The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Challenger, identified five cognitive biases that ...

NZ Super Fund appoints people and culture lead

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... manager for people and culture, effective today. Cheffins brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Beginning her career as a finance and strategy consultant at Capgemini, Cheffins shifted to senior human resources roles ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) is estimating the sub-sector levy to be payable by the financial advice industry in FY27 will be $126.9 million - but that doesn't account for First Guardian and Shield. In total, the initial estimate ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... accountable, consistent. We have said, here's a plan. We're going to approach this with some rigour. "We're listening to industry. We've got a pilot for how we're going to approach it. But we do need to move on this, and that's for the sake of system ...

Agentic AI adoption 'crucial' for future success: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... technology and enterprise data Takhliq Hanif said AI adoption does not necessarily come at the cost of replacing humans. "The industry is moving beyond tech-first approaches. There's a growing consensus that AI adoption must be value-driven-balancing ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... we continue to grow and deliver long-term value for our members. We look forward to benefiting from Brendan's deep industry insight and commitment to serving Queenslanders." O'Farrell is the fourth new director appointed to Brighter Super's ...