The advice industry’s experience with the disbanded FASEA regime should be a harbinger for any possible review and funding of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner under new privacy laws.

Advised Australians are twice as likely to be happy with their financial situations than unadvised consumers, according to Generation Life, but cost and trust are holding unadvised ones back.

As ESG and sustainable funds continue to suffer outflows and the regulator cracks down on greenwashing, there has been a notable downturn in the number of launches and staff hires in this area.

Zenith Investment Partners has appointed an experienced research executive as its new group head of research following the departure of Bronwen Moncrieff.

HUB24 has seen a 44 per cent rise in quarterly platform net inflows during the first three months of FY25, while adviser numbers rose 17 per cent.

The fund manager has appointed a new head to lead its retail business, replacing Stephen Fletcher who has moved into a newly created role at Munro Partners.

One of the apparently happy outcomes of QAR Tranche 1 was the introduction of relief from having to provide a Financial Services Guide but it turns out this was not all it is cracked up to be, writes Samantha Hills.