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WT Financial Group clear on 2026 strategy, rebrands retail advice arm

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026

... role of practice principal, and Daniel Kirk has joined as principal financial adviser. Further, Cullen said there are about six provisional financial advisers conducting their professional year in its central advice team, who work across its broad network ...

Clime chair assumes investment role

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026

... Last quarter was focused on refining our product roadmap, this work has been completed and will be implemented over the next six months." Editor's note: This article previously incorrectly stated that Abernethy will step down as chair.

HMC Capital wholesale head exits for COO position

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026

... strategies, product development initiatives, and strategic marketing campaigns. He also served as the Challenger representative on six affiliate boards, was a member of the Office of the Responsible Entity and sat on the ESG Steering Committee for Challenger ...

Blackwattle launches fund, mandates Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026

Blackwattle Investment Partners has launched its new equity income fund, appointing Equity Trustees as responsible entity. The Blackwattle Equity Income Fund invests in listed Australian equities beyond traditional dividend-paying stocks, while also ...

Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026

... the provision of consent by the client to the issuing of protected genetic information to the insurer. This will require a six-month implementation period and that ASIC consults on this "very early". "Otherwise, the life insurers will need to develop ...

Former UGC adviser's appeal against ASIC ban accepted

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026

... Petrovic was banned from providing financial services or performing any function within a financial services business for six years due to misconduct, including failing to uphold key advice obligations when recommending clients to invest in the Global ...

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026

Former investment manager Rodney Forrest has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for insider trading and procuring others to trade in more than $3 million of Platinum Asset Management shares. In August 2024, Forrest secretly accessed the computer ...

'Gross breach of trust': Former adviser sentenced to six years imprisonment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026

Former financial adviser from Western Australia, Anthony Paul Torre, has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Torre's sentencing was backdated to 29 January 2025 in a verdict handed down by the District Court of Western Australia. Torre ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026

Geoeconomic confrontation is the "most severe risk" that will herald a new phase of volatility over the next two years, while climate change will be the biggest threat over the long term, a report from the World Economic Forum finds. Released ahead ...

First batch of specialist advisers graduate SMSFA program

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026

... Responding to the need for a more guided learning pathway, the SMSF Association recently introduced a cohort-based model featuring six 12-week intakes per year, to keep the course in line with educational frameworks of rigour and relevance, it said. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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