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AIA Australia rejigs retail team, appoints new lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... Sciarrone spearheaded AIA Financial Wellbeing, which operates with a separate AFSL to AIA Australia and offers personal advice to customers of CBA with life insurance and wealth needs, as chief executive and managing director. Phillips was named chief ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... Mulino said the CSLR was not designed to absorb the costs associated with large scale investment losses linked to personal advice failures and that "the quantum of those losses is simply too large." "We are ensuring that compensation is delivered earlier ...

Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... unsolicited offer of a financial product to a consumer. Several exceptions apply, including offers made while providing personal advice to the consumer by a person who is required to act in the consumer's best interests. Treasury previously stated ...

AustralianSuper enters advice space

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... Levy said. "Through the online advice journeys, AustralianSuper members will be able to get just that - quality personal advice and guidance whenever they need it. "This will help members to make good decisions about their superannuation and, ultimately ...

FSCP bans adviser over client advice failures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... Panel (FSCP) has cancelled the registration of financial adviser Peter Morrison-Dowd and banned him from providing personal advice to retail clients until at least September 2027 after finding multiple breaches of his legal and ethical obligations. The ...

Digital advice now available for Future Super members

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... support its internal advice team, as the fund continues to invite members to book in with its advice specialists for personal advice and one-on-one support. Commenting, Future Group general manager partnerships and advice Rosh Singappuli explained the ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... result, Rogers was prohibited from being registered with ASIC during the prohibition period and from providing personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products during that period. Rogers had sought review of that decision in the ART. ...

Digital advice spurring demand for full personal advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... New research from the Financial Services Council (FSC) reveals digital advice is activating the demand for full personal advice and presents the opportunity for the industry to finally provide regulated digital advice at scale. The role and value of ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... so that hawking cannot be "cleansed through subsequent financial advice." This could be done via removing the personal advice exemption, restricting the exemption so that it only applies for advisers where they are offering products to existing clients ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... their retirement savings and are often used by people with more complex financial circumstances who have received personal advice on tailored investment solutions." SMC data also found a similar pattern among Australians with limited amounts of super ...
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