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ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... used marketing companies to push potential clients to his financial advice businesses, Venture Egg and Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA). In February, the Federal Court froze the assets of Merhi. He is the principal and financial adviser of Venture ...

Clime investments chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... advisory unit. Clime managing director Michael Baragwanath attributed part of the turnaround to offloading Madison Financial Group last June to Infocus. "The past twelve months have been about rebuilding. The sale of Madison Financial Group was only ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... lines, revenue for individual disability income insurance (IDII) steadily increased over the 12 months to June to $1 billion. Group disability income insurance reported revenue of $732 million, which is 4% lower year on year. Meanwhile, group lump sum ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Financial services technology provider Bravura Solutions has partnered with Future Group for the initial phase of its digital advice rollout, which is now underway. The partnership will provide members pre-retirement personal advice tools, and a public-facing ...

AMP, Insignia, Bendigo products fail super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... closed to new members. This is the first year, however, that the MyNorth Index Moderately Defensive option has failed. AMP group executive for platforms Edwina Maloney said the performance test as it applies to investment products on superannuation wrap ...

K2 Asset Management seeks M&A partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... investment advisory unit had $291 million. Total FUM grew 14% year over year while revenues of $6.2 million increased by 17%. The group made a net profit after tax of $344,687, recovering from FY24's loss of $635,784. The expansion of KAM's investment ...

Trust key to client satisfaction in advice: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... five elements in the formula that we've already got." Additionally, Morris noted that several people from the non-advised group regret not being advised. "The world has become increasingly complex, and in navigating the financial system to make decisions ...

Australian Unity reveals profit turnaround

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... of $65.8 million, and statutory profit after tax of $26.6 million, also improved on the prior year by $49.3 million. The group's profit from continuing operations was $29.3 million, up from a $24 million loss in the prior year. In the current reporting ...

Integro Private Wealth to expand national footprint

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Perth-based financial advice group Integro Private Wealth has recruited a former AMP partnership manager and beefed up its advice ranks as part of its ambitious expansion plans. Fresh from signing referral partnership deals with accounting practices ...

Focus Financial names Aus exec chair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Focus Financial Partners appoints a new executive chair to oversee Focus' business units in Australia. The group has promoted Travis Danysh from chief corporate development officer to chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Under the newly-created ...