11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (394+ words) This comes as the Government has essentially greenlit the large superfunds too invest deeper in their financial advice capabilities following the announcement of the implementation of the ‘New Class of Adviser’ regime. “Advice has the power to change lives, not…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (277+ words) According to the platforms, the partnership combines Marloo’s AI-driven adviser workflow technology with NEOS’s platform and expertise to help advisers assess client protection needs faster and easier. Advisers using Marloo can now access indicative pricing and projections for NEOS Protection,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1008+ words) Shield and First Guardian have dominated conversations across advice for at least the last 12 months after the funds collapsed and financial calamity ensued leaving investors’ retirement savings in the wind and financial advisers picking up the bill. Before that it…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (390+ words) Image: Supplied, MLC Expand Advisers on MLC Expand can expect artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to shape the platform’s next round of development, after the wrap hired a technology leader who spent her last job putting AI agents into an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (563+ words) As APRA has begun to remove AT1 capital instrumentals, also known as bank hybrids, from banks capital frameworks, and there has already been strong encouragement for advisers to reconsider and reassess their client’s exposure. “The phase-out of hybrids is one of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (293+ words) The document is simply the final output. That’s why the future of AI in financial advice won’t be defined by what AI can produce. It will be defined by what the AI can access. Everything in one place But advisers…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (617+ words) In its 2025/26 financial year results, Centrepoint reported a 16 per cent uplift in normalised earnings before interest, tax, debt and amortization (EBITDA) to land at $12.3 million as at 30 June. Comparatively, the group only surpassed $10 million for the first time last year…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) The Australians least likely to be paying for financial advice are the quickest to pick up free artificial intelligence (AI) research tools, according to new figures from online broker Webull Australia. Webull launched an AI assistant called Vega AI to…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (577+ words) Image credit: Songsak C / stock.adobe.com Private markets platform FinCap has introduced a complimentary portfolio review for financial advisers, as client interest in the asset class grows faster than adviser expertise can keep up. The review gives advisers an…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (380+ words) Assured Support’s Quality of Advice Index paints the picture of an industry that has been steadily improving the quality of the product – i.e. advice – on offer. The results are based on analysis of 9,315 reviewed files from 1 July 2020 to 30 June…...