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ASIC expands list of super lead generation entities

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
ASIC has names 19 additional entities involved in superannuation lead generation activities as part of an ongoing review into business models that may encourage consumers to switch super funds unnecessarily or inappropriately. The regulator updated ...

Capstone joins forces with PictureWealth to form $22bn FUA planning network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
PictureWealth Group has inked a landmark deal with national advice licensee Capstone Financial Planning, forming a combined business with 360 financial advisers and $22 billion in funds under advice. Prior to the announcement, PictureWealth Group was ...

ASIC moves to strengthen defences against financial scams

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... invited to submit their website details since the initiative launched in May, with ASIC aiming to add the majority of licensee websites to the register in coming months. Kirkland said ASIC could consider using compulsory powers if necessary to achieve ...

ASIC secures record $300m penalty over 'egregious' CFD misconduct

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... contravening conduct," he said. The judgment also marks the first time a civil penalty has been imposed on a financial services licensee for failing to ensure services were provided efficiently, honestly and fairly by marketing CFDs to customers in China ...

Accounting sector rejects shifting CSLR costs to SMSFs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Australia's major accounting bodies have urged Treasury to reconsider proposals that would shift Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) funding costs onto self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), warning the move would unfairly penalise investors ...

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... continuing a long downward run, Padua said, followed by the wound up of Damien Grist (-3) and Centrepoint Group (-3). Several licensee owners down by two, including Evans Dixon, Rhombus Enterprises, Macquarie Group, Clime Group and the Mancell Family ...

Centrepoint Alliance acquires two advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... from Astute-aligned advisers operating under Centrepoint's AFSL. Centrepoint now operates five core business lines: licensee services, financial advice, investments, platforms and lending. Chief executive John Shuttleworth said the new deals align ...

We don't always vote in complainants' favour: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) addressed a crowd of financial advisers at the MDS Self Licensing Summit 2026, busting the myth the ombudsman is always targeting them. Speaking at a discussion panel at last Thursday, AFCA senior ...

Small pocket of failed measures can 'blow the entire business': Anderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... generators, if any, as well, he added. "You can't let your adviser choose the files that are going to be audited. You [the licensee] must choose. You got to have structure in this process," Anderson stressed. "The licensee has to make sure that they ...

'No basis' to ban independent trustee model: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... argued it would not be feasible for the drafters of the legislation to precisely define between 'platforms' and 'RSE Licensee of platforms' given the offers provided by all superannuation funds are increasingly overlapping and will do so more in the ...
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