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Federal Court dismisses Freedom Insurance staff allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... crisis before suspending trading 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 ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... and offering managed accounts to retail clients. "We will consider compliance with the general licensee obligations and advice conduct obligations. Our surveillance will focus on governance frameworks, management of conflicts of interest, and outcomes ...

Lonsec recruits sales head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Lonsec's market presence. Robinson called the appointment a pivotal moment for Lonsec. "Her deep understanding of the advice landscape and passion for client success make her the ideal person to lead our sales strategy. With our leadership team now ...

Rest Super team defects to Channel Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... operational complexity, reduce risk, and make more confident investment decisions through independent expert analysis and advice. Group managing director Glen Holding said operational oversight is a strategic imperative at Channel. "As a responsible ...

Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... the money was paid out to 32,850 approved individuals. In August, the ATO issued a warning about the increase in "dodgy advice" about accessing super savings for non-critical medical procedures, like cosmetic dental work. It said it was increasingly ...

AMP platform flows jump 61.6%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... said. "We are continuing to drive member retention by providing exclusive access for AMP members to our intuitive digital advice journeys and our innovative retirement income solution, AMP Lifetime Super. " It also provided an update on its proceedings ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... retirement platform, MLC Expand, is rolling out a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) automation tools that it says could save advice practices hundreds of hours per month. Over the coming months, MLC Expand is launching automation features to populate ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... expansion of its funds management business, with a particular focus on entering the property sector. The stock market trading advice group will issue approximately 353,695,724 shares for the offer and it will rank equally with existing shares on issue. ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... people who want to do wrong. There were a lot of conflicts of interest with everybody involved; some of the super funds, the advice businesses, the research houses, the lead generators, which likely prevented people from exercising the degree of scrutiny ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... financial services professionals of all backgrounds, including the banking, institutional markets, funds management, financial advice and securities sectors. It currently has around 10,000 members. "In any member organisation, there's always a challenge ...