ReCALIbrate 2025: $10,000 in grants to boost women in advice

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Women financial risk advisers are being offered the chance to share in $10,000 worth of grants to help them grow their careers and have their voices heard in the industry.... Read more continue reading

Advisers can’t, and shouldn’t, foot $67.3 million bill: FAAA Treasury Submission on CSLR 

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In its submission[1] to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the FAAA says it is imperative that financial advisers should not... Read more continue reading

FAAA board election nominations open 2 September 2025 

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Nominations for the Financial Advice Association Australia’s (FAAA) Member Elected Directors will open on 2 September 2025, with members able to nominate for three positions on the FAAA board, each... Read more continue reading

FAAA statement on Senate decision to discontinue Inquiry into wealth management companies

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“The FAAA is deeply disappointed that the Senate Economics References Committee has recommended that the Inquiry into wealth management companies not continue. “This important Inquiry was launched in September last... Read more continue reading

Professionals set to excel at SMSF Audit Day 

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The SMSF Association’s annual SMSF Audit Day returns on 9 September, as a one-day virtual event  dedicated to the regulatory and compliance issues shaping  SMSF audits.  Designed for all SMSF... Read more continue reading

Minister Mulino to address FAAA Congress

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The Hon Dr Daniel Mulino MP, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, will present at the FAAA’s annual Congress in Perth in November. During the session “Minister & CEO:... Read more continue reading

Excellence and innovation celebrated at the 2025 ANZIIF Australian Insurance Industry Awards

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More than 850 insurance professionals gathered at The Star Event Centre in Sydney tonight for the 21st Australian Insurance Industry Awards, hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of... Read more continue reading

“Falling dangerously behind”: Arca calls for credit reporting modernisation as key productivity reform

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Arca, the peak industry association focused on the use of credit reporting and consumer data, has made a comprehensive submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable calling for the modernisation of... Read more continue reading

Life insurers back immediate action for Government to tackle mental health crisis

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The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has joined a national coalition of mental health experts and industry groups calling on the Federal Government to take urgent action to address... Read more continue reading

Advice wrapped in red tape: SMSF industry calls for reform to meet consumers’ needs

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The SMSF Association says Australia’s fragmented regulatory framework governing professional advice needs urgent reform, warning that SMSF professionals are being constrained by outdated structures that no longer reflect how Australians... Read more continue reading