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FAAA wants easier migration pathway for advisers

FAAA wants easier migration pathway for advisers

The FAAA is urging an easier qualification pathway for foreign advisers pointing to an excessively long training gap.
ASIC facing scrutiny over website funding

ASIC facing scrutiny over website funding

ASIC is likely to face Senate Estimates questioning tomorrow around its financial backing for a Super Consumers Australia website.
Federated Hermes makes play into wholesale investor market

Federated Hermes makes play into wholesale investor market

Federated Hermes has expanded into the Australian wholesale investor market through the launch of its Global Trade Finance Fund.
private credit

Persistent super fund appetite to fuel private credit growth in 2026

Yasmine Raso 10 February 2026

Investment

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The Australian private credit is well positioned for strong growth in 2026, supported by super fund demand and potential cash rate hikes.

Portfolio Construction Forum appoints new partner

Yasmine Raso 10 February 2026

Investment

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Education and accreditation service provider, Portfolio Construction Forum, has appointed Nick Schoenmaker as its new Partner.

cyber security

ASIC action costs FIIG Securities $2.5m

Mike Taylor 9 February 2026

Funds Management

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FIIG Securities has been slugged with a $2.5 million Federal Court imposed penalty over cyber security failings prosecuted by ASIC.

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Blakey to exit as HESTA CEO

Mike Taylor 9 February 2026

Superannuation

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Long-serving HESTA chief executive, Debby Blakey is to retire in the second half of the year with a successor yet to be named.

Doom loop

The crushing real-world cost of advice regulation

Mike Taylor 9 February 2026

Financial Planning

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Treasury has been warned of the increasing cost of advice regulation and the creation of a ‘doom loop’ of open-ended levy increases.

Funding

ASIC’s long track record of funding consumer groups

Mike Taylor 9 February 2026

Financial Planning

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ASIC’s funding of a Super Consumers Australia web site to help Shield and First Guardian investors file complaints is part of a pattern.

Economic uncertainty

The Band-Aid Economy (or go about your lives citizens, nothing to see here)

Matthew Drennan 9 February 2026

Investment

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Financial Newswire’s Economics Commentator, Matt Drennan laments the Government’s efforts to apply bandaid solutions to gaping wounds.


INDUSTRY NEWS

Unlock faster underwriting for smoother approvals

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 February 2026

Industry News

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Experience the future of faster underwriting with digital PMARs and automated decisioning. Deliver enhanced precision, smarter processing, and quicker

Mocktail, anyone? Investing across demographic trends

Financial Newswire Contributor 24 November 2025

Industry News

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Mirova’s Jens Peers explores the generational trends shaping investment opportunities within the demographic transition.

TPD Severity: A Smarter way to protect your clients

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 November 2025

Industry News

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Industry-wide, Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) claims have risen sharply in recent years. At Acenda, we recognise this has created challenges…

Why Durability Matters in Private Credit & How La Trobe Financial Sets the Standard

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 November 2025

Industry News

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In private credit, innovation matters, but lasting success relies on resilience and reliable performance in challenging market conditions.


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Sequoia adviser numbers still in decline

Mike Taylor 6 February 2026

Financial Planning

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Sequoia Financial Group has seen 55 financial advisers drop off its registration on the Financial Adviser Register since October last year.

Keys unlocking a book

DBFO now in legislative back seat

Mike Taylor 6 February 2026

Financial Planning

4 Comments

The Government’s efforts to plug the loopholes which gave rise to the Shield and First Guardian collapses have disrupted the DBFO timetable.

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ASIC financially backs Super Consumers on Shield, First Guardian

Mike Taylor 5 February 2026

Financial Planning

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ASIC has revealed it has financially backed a new web site aimed at prompting more consumers to lodge claims around Shield and First Guardian.

MLC bolsters corporate super team with new appointment

Binaya Dahal 6 February 2026

Superannuation

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MLC Super has appointed James Sinclair as senior manager in its corporate super team to drive growth in the institutional and employer markets.

accusation

Industry funds open new front on conflicted remuneration

Mike Taylor 5 February 2026

Financial Planning

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The industry superannuation funds were fundamental to changing adviser remuneration and are now lining up to change the investment ecosystem.

Roy Morgan super

Super returns deliver record member satisfaction

Mike Taylor 5 February 2026

Superannuation

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New data from Roy Morgan has confirmed the degree to which resilient super returns are driving record member confidence in superannuation.

Gold prices

Gold ETF investors buy the dip, set new AUM record

Yasmine Raso 9 February 2026

Investment

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ETF investors weren’t swayed by the slight dip in gold prices in the new year, helping global AUM reach a new all-time high of US$669 billion.

BTC Markets CEO hunt ends with Dobbins promotion

Binaya Dahal 6 February 2026

Investment

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BTC Markets has promoted Lucas Dobbins to the top job, ending a nine-month search for its new CEO after Caroline Bowler stepped down last May.

Investment team work with pie

Unlisted funds dominate product launches despite ETF focus

Binaya Dahal 5 February 2026

Investment

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APIR’s new data shows that unlisted managed funds continue to dominate Australia’s product pipeline despite attention growing on ETFs.