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The 2026 Australian Wealth Management Awards celebrated outstanding achievements across the financial advice profession, recognising industry leaders, innovative practices, and excellence in client outcomes.

We’re honoured to announce Lifespan Financial Planning as winners of the 2026 Core Data Advice Network of the Year Award.

Eight Lifespan community members, including CEO Eugene Ardino, are finalists in the Australian Wealth Management Awards 2026.

Five members of the Lifespan community took home trophies at the 2025 ifa Excellence Awards, following a record number of finalist nominations that saw the wider network shortlisted for 27 awards.

Lifespan has been named a finalist for Dealer Group of the Year at the 2025 ifa Excellence Awards, with Eugene Serravalle shortlisted for Dealer Group Executive of the Year and the wider Lifespan community earning a record 27 nominations.

Lifespan CEO Eugene Ardino has been named Executive of the Year (Dealer Group) at the 2025 Australian Wealth Management Awards, while Lifespan adviser Terry Vogiatzis of Omura took home Adviser of the Year (Superannuation).

Lifespan CEO Eugene Ardino joins Keith Ford on The ifa Show to explain why the future of financial advice looks bright, despite slow regulatory reform and the growing impact of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR).

The Lifespan community took home four awards at the 2024 ifa Excellence Awards in Sydney, with 19 finalists and a seventh consecutive Dealer Group of the Year shortlisting for Lifespan.

This year, Lifespan is marking a significant milestone, celebrating 30 years of supporting advisers to build sustainable advice businesses. Eugene Ardino, Lifespan CEO, and his father, John Ardino, founder and Chairman of Lifespan, reflect and discuss where to from here.

Lifespan Financial Planning was named Best Independent Dealer Group of the Year at the inaugural Australian Wealth Management Awards 2024, with Lifespan adviser Angus Taylor of Sheffield Financial Services recognised as Best Young Adviser of the Year.

Lifespan CEO Eugene Ardino and Tony Mantineo of Lifespan Partnerships join the ifa podcast to unpack why more financial advisers are becoming self-licensed and what it really takes to run your own AFSL.

We’re delighted to announce that the Lifespan group (Head Office and adviser network) won three awards in the 2023 ifa Excellence Awards held in Sydney, including the ifa Dealer Group of the Year, for the third consecutive year.