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1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Fund-related complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has grown to 1659. AFCA said the latest figure represents the total as at December 3. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of how many related to Shield and First Guardian ...

First Sentier adds second active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... ETF market continues to grow, with total assets under management (AUM) reaching the $300 billion to September end. The figure was latest measured at around $322 billion in October, according to Global X. "As the demand for ETFs continues to increase ...

Advisers acquired 300k new clients in 2025: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... years of decline in client acquisition, the trend has finally shifted The latest figures are not as high as 2022's figure of 500,000 new clients acquired. In 2023, the numbers fell to 300,000 and then to 200,000 the following year. This year, however ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Inflation rose 3.8% in the year to October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), beating market expectations of 3.6%. The largest contributors to annual inflation were housing (+5.9%), clothing and footwear (5.4%), education (5.4%) ...

Advisers want to boost client book by 36%: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... them. Many advisers admitted they are already operating at full capacity, thus making it harder to add more clients. This figure climbed from 35% last year to 42% in 2025. About 27% of advisers said that inefficiencies in providing advice, such as producing ...

MST Financial acquires FIIG Securities' unit, boosts assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... income managed funds and individually managed account (IMA) portfolio management service to MST Financial for an undisclosed figure. Investment management responsibility of the FIIG Australian Bond Fund and the FIIG Monthly Income Fund were also taken ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... non-advice operations, including time spent on implementation, compliance, and administration work. However, Elemnta said the figure is closer to 86%, nearly doubling advisers' perception. "Such a blind spot is limiting practices to price their advice ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... crypto asset market in the next 12 months, including around 765,000 that have never owned digital assets. Last year this figure was approximately 1.3 million adults.

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Australians to single mothers and divorcees. Where only 40% of people earning under $45,000 have confidence about retirement, the figure rises to 75% for those on $190,000. Only 20% of single mothers in their 40s have any confidence. Introducing 'FORO' ...