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FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said financial advisers should not be expected to pay more than the $20 million sector cap. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said the amount owing ...

Praemium partners to offer more global options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... Clearstream's Vestima into its Spectrum platform, offering global fund access and operational efficiency for financial advisers. Vestima supports over 245,000 funds across 55 markets with nearly €4 trillion ($7tn) in assets under custody. Under the ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... stop him from leaving the country until 12 December 2025 or until further order of the court. Clients of Merhi and his advisers invested about $296 million of their superannuation into First Guardian and some $230 million into Shield between 2020 and ...

Clime investments chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... executive costs, third-party service reductions, and IT renegotiations," he said. Such savings were reinvested into new advisers, operations staff, and investment specialists in funds management, operations and advice support. "Rebuilding Clime has also ...

AMP lifts advisers' efficiency game with Grow

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... including cutting account fees, and the ability to mix and match investments from other menus. The new North Grow allows advisers to simplify pricing, with no account fees and tiered administration fees, creating a cost-effective solution for clients. ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... experience for its customers, including a digital fact find and real-time modelling to streamline the advice process for both advisers and clients. "By integrating data with our advice technology, we're reducing duplication, saving valuable time, and ...

Betashares launches first private credit fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... Betashares Private Capital Cliffwater Private Credit Fund. The unlisted fund provides wholesale investors and financial advisers with cost-effective exposure to a highly diversified portfolio of senior secured loans to predominantly US middle-market ...

FS Power50 shortlist revealed, voting opens

STAFF WRITER  |  SATURDAY, 30 AUG 2025
Voting for Australia's most influential financial advisers in the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 is now open. The shortlist of 120 financial advisers who have progressed to the voting stage after receiving more than 200 nominations has been revealed. ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... collapse of Shield and First Guardian. "We owe it to the victims not to walk away from this," she said. Meantime, The Advisers Association, which also took the time to make a submission to the inquiry, said the decision was "disappointing for all stakeholders." ...

Trust key to client satisfaction in advice: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... Value of an Adviser Report, surveying some 700 Australian investors (advised and unadvised) and nearly 200 financial advisers, found that financial advisers added at least 5.6% in value for clients over the past 12 months, according to its formula, which ...