EDITORIAL

The appropriate mix of retirement products combined with the age pension should provide certainty, growth and access to capital at a level suitable to each client. Rachel...

The importance of maintaining insurance premiums cannot be underestimated as you never know when the unexpected will occur, writes Tim Browne....

Samantha Hills provides tips for financial planners on how to manage and avoid conflicts of interest when dealing with clients, ahead of the proposed FOFA changes....

David Glen proposes a number of points that the life insurance industry can address during the upcoming Tax Summit - including tax incentives for life policies outside of...

As they prepare for retirement, the baby boomer generation continues to shape advice strategies and product development, writes Barry Wyatt....

Col Fullagar takes a look at two income protection policies - one is offered by an industry superannuation fund, while the other comes from a retail fund. While the premi...

Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...

The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....

Tom Stevenson looks at current events in major housing markets around the world and suggests investors consider five key factors....

Since their arrival on our shores about a decade ago, managed accounts have remained largely dormant in Australia. But with continuing market volatility and the imminent ...

Julie Steed looks at the complexities around the waiving of the five-year claw-back for SMSFs....

Non-aligned dealer group executives have long been warning that the new Future of Financial Advice reforms would lead to consolidation in the financial advice market. Geo...

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