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AWAG appoints first head of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... client-focused advice as well as growth and strategic acquisitions in the financial planning, wealth management and accounting arenas." "His experience in governance, compliance oversight and strategic risk management aligns strongly with AWAG's commitment ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... fundamentals. The proposed list of financial concepts study includes aged care advice, estate planning and estate law, accounting, banking and investments. "The current curriculum has 223 topics and learning outcomes across 11 subjects, which is excessive ...

Bain Capital to acquire Perpetual's wealth management unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... payment at completion of $500 million and an earn out payment of up to $50 million relating to the performance of the accounting and wealth operations of the unit. Perpetual will sell all the shares in Perpetual PWM Services, which is the head company ...

WT Financial Group focuses on B2B strategy as profits grow

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... progressing strongly, including the completion of the acquisition of Rushby Financial, and a further agreement to acquire accounting firm Fusion Partners. Following the establishment of the second Hubco entity, Select Advice, the initiative continues ...

VFMC names chief finance, risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... delighted to have Jeff join the VFMC team in this executive role leading the key enterprise-wide functions of Finance, Fund Accounting, Tax, Risk and Compliance and Legal," VFMC chief executive Kate Galvin said. Phillips will bring more than three decades' ...

HUB24 posts record HY inflows, advisers on platform jump by 8%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... advice firms following a period of significant disruption as investment returns in the industry. "Independent advice, accounting and multidisciplinary firms are more willing to invest in technology and data solutions that provide them access to best ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... and apps like Copilot to learn more about their super and investments. Natalia Clack, the founder of SMSF audit and accounting firm Easy Super, said while people do get information from ChatGPT and so forth, they do obtain it from reputable sources. ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... alternative assets. Before his five years with JANA, Langham worked at Ernst & Young as an assistant manager in general accounting and insurance advisory in the Cape Town and Melbourne offices. His move to Frontier breaks new ground. It is the first ...

NSW government to turn deficit into surplus of over $1bn in FY28: TCorp

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... been a net increase of $1.4 billion in expenditure - totalling $129.0 billion in FY26 - with employee expenses now accounting for $50.8 billion (or 39.4%), an increase of $1 billion since the June update. "A fiscal strategy delivered over the long term ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... strong investor sentiment but was also influenced by volatility. The US remained the largest single pensions market, accounting for 66% of the total, and grew by 7.7% per annum over the past decade. South Korea, Switzerland, and Hong Kong all grew by ...