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More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... will be the ones who design the most intelligent operating systems." Meanwhile, Euvrard highlighted the industry is currently undergoing a "fundamental shift", with some 67 Australian financial services licences (AFSLs) were granted over the past six ...

Scarcity Partners takes minority stake in Infocus

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... contend with rising compliance obligations, technology costs and increasingly complex client needs. Infocus said it currently has 270 advisers and nearly $21 billion in funds under advice, positioning the group among the country's nine largest advisory ...

ART appoints two to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... Queensland office head for Macquarie Group and as chair of the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). He is currently chair of Data#3 and serves on the boards of Queensland Urban Utilities, CleanCo Queensland and the Royal Flying Doctor ...

FAAA pushes for 'fundamental' changes to CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... providers, licensees providing financial advice and securities dealers are the only four sectors that fund the scheme. Currently, consumers believe the only means to be compensated is to make a complaint against their financial adviser, the FAAA explains ...

MPC Markets partners with HeirWealth

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... components. MPC Markets chief executive Mark Gardener said the firm selected Atlas after reviewing multiple reporting systems currently available in the market. "Atlas was the only one that handled the full picture: multi-broker, multi-currency, FX-attributed ...

ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... requiring contributions to be paid on payday. The changes are designed to reduce unpaid super, which the ATO estimates currently totals around $6 billion owed to Australian workers. "We understand Payday Super makes changes to obligations and processes ...

Hostplus, AIA lose $1.4m TPD dispute

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... In the panel's view a reasonable person in the circumstances would not have held the belief that his diabetes was not currently requiring treatment and would therefore have answered the health question in the affirmative. "Accordingly, the panel is satisfied ...

ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... First Guardian. More than $420 million has been repaid to thousands of investors through ASIC's work to date. We currently have more than 26 matters under investigation or before the Federal Court and we expect further action to follow." Following ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... great place to work and providing career development opportunities for its people, which I strongly believe in." VBP currently has around 300 clients and over 1500 team members, spread across offices in Sydney, Australia, and Cebu City and Cagayan De ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... rather dire for risk advice due to the lack of new entrants into the niche sector, with only some 185 risk specialists currently available in Australia. Addressing the growing concerns of the viability of risk advice, CALI chief executive Christine Cupitt ...