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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.
The crushing real-world cost of advice regulation

The crushing real-world cost of advice regulation

Treasury has been warned of the increasing cost of advice regulation and the creation of a 'doom loop' of open-ended levy increases.
ASIC’s long track record of funding consumer groups

ASIC’s long track record of funding consumer groups

ASIC's funding of a Super Consumers Australia web site to help Shield and First Guardian investors file complaints is part of a pattern.
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Sequoia adviser numbers still in decline

Mike Taylor 6 February 2026 3 Comments

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 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 10 Comments

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

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Industry funds open new front on conflicted remuneration

Mike Taylor 5 February 2026 5 Comments

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

Cost Benefit

FAAA canvasses Govt cost-recovery scheme for CSLR

Mike Taylor 5 February 2026 No Comments

The FAAA has urged the Govt to financially back a cost recovery scheme to help underpin the viability of the CSLR.

Senior appointment

AZ NGA elevates Jacobsen to operations chief role

Yasmine Raso 5 February 2026 No Comments

The CEO of AZ NGA-backed Vital Business Partners, Nathan Jacobsen, has been appointed the group’s new Chief Operating Officer.

Information

Call to give advisers ‘read-only’ ATO portal access

Mike Taylor 4 February 2026 4 Comments

The ATO’s concerns about financial adviser access to the tax portal over misplaced and read-only access is sensible, expedient says IFPA.


INDUSTRY NEWS

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Is your retirement advice built to last?

Financial Newswire Contributor 10 February 2026

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As Australians live longer, longevity risk is reshaping retirement advice. Our guide helps advisers build resilient retirement income plans.

Unlock faster underwriting for smoother approvals

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 February 2026

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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

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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

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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…


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Sarah Court

New ASIC chair is, first and foremost, a lawyer

Mike Taylor | 4 February 2026ASIC struggles to employ enough staff with deep financial services experience and its next chair, Sarah Court, is first and foremost a lawyer.
Too many messages

AIOFP says too many associations claim adviser representation

Mike Taylor | 3 February 2026The AIOFP is returning to its 1998 business model claiming that too many associations are seeking to represent financial advisers.
Nerd accountant

Accountants want right to deliver strategic advice

Mike Taylor | 3 February 2026Major accounting group CA-ANZ has used its pre-Budget submission to urge that accountants be allowed to give strategic advice.
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ASIC levy again hits AFSLs hard

Mike Taylor | 2 February 2026With the full gravity of the cost of the CSLR still up in the air, AFSLs are complaining about the rising cost of the ASIC funding levy.
Separation Hand dividing blocks

Is there enough will to separate product from advice?

Mike Taylor | 2 February 2026As the Govt searches for answers to Shield and First Guardian collapses, it is still yet to address the separation of product and advice
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Question mark hangs over 130 financial advisers

Mike Taylor | 30 January 2026The expected 2026 financial adviser education cliff has turned into a slight decline but a question mark hangs over the status of 130.
Businessman's crocodile tears

Support for individual adviser registration being laid to rest

Mike Taylor | 28 January 2026The FAAA and the FSC have made clear to a Parliamentary committee that no one will be shedding tears over no individual adviser registration.
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Time to create adviser-centric AFSL models

Mike Taylor | 27 January 2026Financial planning AFSLs need to focus on making their offering more adviser-centric if they are to offset self-licensing says AMAFA boss.