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

Written by Christopher Hall, AdvDipFP | Authorised Representative, AFSL 526688 | June 2026 Australian women are expected to become the primary beneficiaries of Australia’s intergenerational wealth transfer — with industry projections placing approximately 65% of total transfers, equating to roughly $3.2 trillion, flowing to women over the next decade (Holmes, 2026; State Street, 2026). That headline figure is significant. What matters more for financial planning is what women