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New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Australian funds distribution firm Continental Funds Group (Continental) has announced its formal launch to the domestic wholesale and institutional investment market. Led by founder and managing director Angus Coote and three experienced distribution ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... the various changes in Commonwealth and state electricity rebates, electricity prices rose 5%. In the month of October, though, inflation was flat (0.0%) in original terms but rose 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms. Deloitte Access Economics partner ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... formal Heads of Agreement to merge in October. Aware Super does not offer a like-for-like investment option to members, though members can invest directly in individual asset classes, like Australian shares, bonds, and term deposits. Following the review ...

Advisers want to boost client book by 36%: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... currently 112, the 2025 Advice Practice Profitability Report shows, after canvassing 515 advisers and support staff. Ideally, though, they want to serve 152 clients. Fewer than one in five (18%) say they are at their optimal number of clients or looking ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... appears that there may have been failures at multiple points. I do want to make the point that it's not just advice, even though when the CSLR identifies the losses as part of the advice sub-sector," he said. "[However,] it's not just advice, there ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has called for stronger protections to prevent consumer harm from high-risk super switching. The call comes as the corporate regulator continues to launch legal action against those involved in the collapses of Shield and ...

AustralianSuper's 'ambitious' advice goal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
AustralianSuper head of superannuation and investment products Dena Brockie said the $380 billion super fund is aiming to provide personalised guidance to all its members by 2035. Speaking at the ASFA Conference 2025, Brockie said the super fund is ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... management practices across the sector. "On the whole, I think the general sense of regulators is it's been a bit uneven, though. So, some of the larger funds are really doing liquidity and risk management in a much more rigorous way than in the ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Financial advisers are struggling with inefficiencies in data and implementations that are hindering advice accessibility, growth, and profitability. Early data from the Elemnta-Marshan Consulting 2025 Adviser Efficiency Analysis report highlights three ...

Vale Ken Atchison

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... non-executive directors of Atchison. Wattle Partners was founded by Austin Donnelly as Donnelly Money Management in the 1990s. "Though he stepped back from executive responsibilities, Ken remained a valued adviser and sounding board," Atchison said. ...