Financial Newswire

The wait is over! We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the Women in Wealth Awards 2025! 🎉 After an incredible response, we’re proud to recognise the outstanding women across financial planning, investment, superannuation, life insurance, tech, platforms, and more who are making a lasting impact in the industry. 🔹 See who made the finalist list 🔹 Celebrate their achievements 🔹 Join us for an unforgettable awards night ✨ Check out the full list of finalists here: https://lnkd.in/gBBeCxqz 📅 Save the Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025 📍 Location: The Fullerton Hotel, Sydney 🥂 Celebrate with us at the Gala Dinner! 🎟️ Buy Tickets: https://lnkd.in/gCU6eVQN Padua Solutions Striver Annick Donat Linda Elkins Anne-Marie Esler CFP Judith Fox Jocelyn Furlan FAICD Alexis George Jaime Johns Maria Lykouras Keely OBrien Marianne Perkovic, BEc, MBA, GAICD

Very excited the Investment Professional of the Year nomination for our very own Naomi Bant, CFA!

Carers deserve careers too. This year I nominated Briohny Powell for the Financial Newswire Women In Wealth Awards. Here is why. Briohny has been a financial adviser for over a decade, but it’s the work she does in her community through her church that helped her realise her #Leadership capabilities. Briohny put herself forward for a range of leadership initiatives at UniSuper, including our Aspiring Leaders program, and today she advises clients AND leads a team of financial advisers. But wait, there’s even more… Briohny is part of the workforce of women who #WorkPartTime due to #Carer responsibilities. Briohny helps to care for her elderly mother who has #dementia. She’s also a mother to four daughters, and grandmother to three grandchildren (and counting!). Briohny represents what is possible when employers offer genuine #FlexibleWork arrangements. 🌟 Carers deserve careers too.🌟 And as it turns out, they also deserve to be finalists! Congratulations Briohny. The UniSuper Advice team know how amazing you are, and now everyone knows. Best of luck to all the finalists.

I received some exciting news just before International Women's Day last week – I was named a finalist for the Women in Wealth Awards 2025 in the BDM of the Year category. This recognition reflects the support TAL Australia has for women in our industry, along with the amazing work the QLD Sales and Underwriting Team do every day and most of all, the trust my Advisers place in me. I have had the amazing opportunity to work with some incredible women who have supported me and believed in me throughout my career (Sare Ozkara, Rachael Satchell and Trish Wilson) to date, and I hope I can provide the same support to the women to come. Congratulations to all the amazing women named in all categories, and a special shoutout to the other finalists! Thank you, Financial Newswire. #WIW2025

ASIC has initiated legal action in the Federal Court against AustralianSuper over the fund's failures around death benefits claims handling. https://lnkd.in/gM-bJAdf #asic #australiansuper #deathbenefits #federalcourt

APRA has batted away Federal Opposition questions on whether Wayne Swan is conflicted by being both chair of Cbus and Federal ALP president. https://lnkd.in/gUzpGCqT #apra #cbus #fedealcourt #insigniafinancial #ioof #royalcommission

Platforms are an increasing factor in investments into superannuation products, accounting for nearly a third of choice product assets. https://lnkd.in/gxitWfxa #apra #choice #mysuper #platforms #superannuation

The Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market recorded a rare dip in market cap, with strong monthly inflows unable to offset the drop. https://lnkd.in/gXkW3XG9 #decline #drop #etfs #february #marketdrop

Financial advisers and advice licensees stand to regain control from the individualisation of managed accounts. https://lnkd.in/g8QTbtR2 #centricwealth #evidentia #gdggroup #imap #ironbark #lonsec #mdas #sma