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FAAA Congress 2025: helping advisers stay ‘Ahead of the Curve’ with world class speaker line-up

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The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has announced its speaker line-up for this year’s Congress, boasting cricketing legends, a journalist and broadcaster, a behavioural psychologist, and AI change and compliance

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29 Jul 2025

Small reduction in financial advice special levy for CSLR hides a further substantial deterioration: FAAA

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FAAA CEO Sarah Abood has appealed to government to make urgent and significant changes to the CSLR to ensure fairness and sustainability, following the release of CSLR’s update for the

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07 Jul 2025

2025 FAAA Awards open for nominations

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Nominations are now open for the 2025 FAAA Awards, with members encouraged to either put themselves forward or nominate fellow members who exemplify excellence in financial advice and community service.

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02 Jul 2025

Are Shield Masterfund and First Guardian the next CSLR black swans?

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In recent months it seems that there has been an almost constant stream of news about another collapse of an investment firm or action by ASIC against financial advice or

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20 Jun 2025

FAAA announces winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for semester one 2025

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David Ormsby of O’Sullivan Financial has been awarded the Gwen Fletcher  Memorial Award for semester one of 2025 by the FAAA. Mr Ormsby is a financial adviser at O’Sullivan Financial

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19 Jun 2025

Don’t get caught out as FAAA Congress 2025 heads west

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Early Bird tickets to this year’s Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress are now available, with those who buy tickets early also having an exclusive opportunity to purchase seats in

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04 Jun 2025

FAAA congratulates new shadow ministry

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The FAAA congratulates deputy Liberal leader and federal member for Fairfax, Ted O’Brien, on his appointment as shadow treasurer in the Ley Shadow Ministry. It also congratulates the Nationals federal

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29 May 2025

Australian financial advisers at the forefront of AI adoption

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A total of 82 per cent of Australian financial advice businesses are using, piloting, or planning to use AI to better serve clients in the next 12 months, according to

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09 May 2025

FAAA submission on draft legislation – DBFO Tranche 2A

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The FAAA’s submission to Treasury on the draft legislation for Delivering Better Financial Outcomes Tranche 2 Part A, “Improving access to affordable and quality financial advice”, has made the following

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08 May 2025

FAAA welcomes re-elected Labor government

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The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is ready to continue working with the re-elected Labor government, and the new financial services minister once appointed, to strengthen the financial advice profession

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06 May 2025

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