Written by Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP | Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688 | June 2026 Australia’s financial capability gap is the shortfall between the financial behaviours, confidence, and practical skills Australians have and what is needed to make sound financial decisions. Research from Iress and Deloitte Access Economics shows that roughly 6 in 10 Australians have low financial capability — and Deloitte’s modelling indicates that lifting Australians to an advanced c

Written by Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP | Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688 | June 2026 Australians aged 25 to 54 are engaging with financial advice earlier in their working lives than any previous generation. Data from Otivo, a regulated digital advice platform, shows that members who engage with structured financial guidance in their 30s and 40s carry superannuation balances materially above the national average for their age group — 59% higher at age 35–44 and 269% high

Written by Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP | Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688 | June 2026 Australia had 15,120 registered financial advisers as at 11 June 2026 — a net decline of 439 over the prior 12 months, according to Padua Wealth analysis of ASIC’s Financial Advisers Register (Padua Wealth / riskinfo, 2026). Numbers have been broadly flat since mid-January 2026, with a net movement of just 32 advisers over that period. The stabilisation, however, does not signal recover