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Financial Planning

Most influential advisers of 2025 revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
The annual list of Australia's most influential advisers, the FS Power50, is now live.

Number of AFSLs plateaus: Rainmaker

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
The latest Rainmaker Information report has found the number of registered financial advisers leaving the industry grew in the September quarter.

FAAA names new board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) appointed three members to its board who will serve a term of three years.

Clime rebuffs media allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Clime Investment Management has issued an ASX statement in response to a media report.

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
The Actuaries Institute said while the DBFO reforms should help give more Australians access to affordable advice, they require some refinement.

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Venture Egg financial adviser Ferras Merhi has been banned from working in financial services after ASIC successfully obtained interim restraining orders from the Federal Court.

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) today announced it will shed more than 240 actively managed and passive funds on its Wrap platform.

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The fall of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund calls for tougher scrutiny of research houses and licensees to strengthen their governance framework, according to experts, who warn that an entrenched system requires an urgent shakeup.

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Financial advisers are poised to deliver better retirement outcomes for their clients using today's crop of products and strategies - but navigating the various risks requires a fresh perspective.

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Stopping short of calling it vertically integrated, ASIC warns it aims to uncover any conflicts of interests in the managed accounts sector particularly as more AFSLs build in-house products.