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Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The financial advice profession is helping solve the talent shortage by tapping into the offshoring workforce, offering pathways to education and training, according to Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). At the annual Congress in Perth ...

L1 Group aims for $35m in cost reductions post-merger

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
The newly formed L1 Group is targeting a cost reduction of $30-35 million within the next 18 months as it looks to capitalise on synergies created by the merger. Recently appointed L1 Group chief executive and managing director Julian Russell noted ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
AZ NGA has taken an undisclosed stake in Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning firm Oreon Partners. Established in 2014, Oreon Partners offers accounting, business advisory, tax and financial planning services to individuals and small-to-medium-sized ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
New research has revealed a decline in the number of zombie companies on the ASX in the last six months. KPMG Australia's latest data showed a drop of 41% in companies considered zombie, where they exhibit indicators of financial distress for an extended ...

Treasury seeks feedback on foreign investment reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... interest and national security are protected. Treasury has asked stakeholders to provide feedback on an automatic approval pathway so that certain low-risk investments would require notification but not approval before proceeding. The government is also ...

Betashares launches new global equity ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... from markets that dominate global benchmarks, helping investors reduce portfolio concentration risk. It will provide a pathway for Australian investors to diversify away from over-concentration in US equities, which currently make up 70% of developed ...

Retirees could be out up to $136k: SMC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
A report by the Super Members Council (SMC) suggests the complex retirement system in Australia could be costing retirees up to $136,000. The modelling underscores the long-awaited need for financial advice reforms, and simpler, smarter pathways to ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... to support members and complex financial advice regulations. "The HGA framework, supported by DBFO reforms, provides a pathway to resolve this 'Trustee Dilemma' while enabling funds to better serve their members," it said. It said while the DBFO reforms ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... offering advised clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio offers an advised pathway into private equity, private credit and real assets. The minimum initial investment of $25,000 gives investors access to ...