The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has made a pitch to fund managers and asset consultants that it still regards superannuation as an integral part of its appr...

Does agribusiness really have a place in a client’s portfolio? Deirdre Keown reports....

Australia’s industry based superannuation funds have strongly rejected what they regard as the Federal Government’s “pre-emption of due process” by regulating for superan...

The super splitting law is not as complicated as first thought, Nabil Wahhab says....

Two years ago, financial planning group Prescott Consulting did not exist. Today, the group has been slated as Investor Group’s premier financial planning brand. Kate Kac...

A PDF (Portable Document File) is created by the software Adobe Acrobat Distiller. It’s used to keep formatting and graphics, compress file size and allow documents to be...

A former back office manager for Bridges Financial Services has been sentenced to two and a half years’ jail after pleading guilty to 60 counts of dishonestly using his p...

Your clients represent an abundance of experience, knowledge and ideas. By leveraging them – your best resource – you can gain insights into your practice and discover pr...

Discussing risk insurance with clients is becoming a must do, but as Michael Richardson points out, many advisers are new to writing risk insurance and could face problem...

It's hard enough treating every one fairly in an estate plan – but it's even more difficult when the beneficiaries are part of a blended family. Jack Houwing describes hi...