Wealth Financial is proud to share that the firm has been named co-winner of the Best Practice Award at the 2025 Astrum Awards. The award recognises overall excellence and innovation in the delivery of financial advice and client service. The awards were presented in Auckland in March 2026.
The honour was shared with Silvan Ridge Wealth in Victoria. This recognition sits within the Akumin network, which is Australia’s largest financial advice network.
We’re also proud to share financial adviser Jasmine Popowski from our Smithton office was awarded Best New Talent.
In addition to being a finalist and co-winner of Best Practice Award, and Jasmine’s Best New Talent win, we were also finalists in the categories of Growth Strategy and Key Practice Talent.
Over the past 12–18 months, Wealth Financial have more than doubled in size across key metrics. That growth came through both acquisition and organic expansion. It was not the work of any one person. It was the result of a committed team that cares deeply about the people it serves and continues to show up for one another through change and strategic growth.
We’d like to thank our entire team for their professionalism, resilience and dedication, their families, who support them behind the scenes, our clients for the ongoing trust they place in the firm and the friends and family they refer which further highlights the trust they have in us. We’d also like to thank our professional networks, particularly the accounting, law and lending firms who work so closely alongside the practice, and business partners, who continue to challenge the firm to improve
We’d also like to acknowledge recently retired partners Graeme Drake and Rod McCormack for their part in the journey.
A big congratulations are extended to all nominated firms, including Silvan Ridge Wealth who we share the award with, and to the many practices across the Akumin and Entireti network who reached this stage. Anyone who has arrived here understands the discipline, consistency and hard work required.
This achievement belongs to all of us, and Wealth Financial is only just getting started!
