Editorial

Stephen Hart takes a look at the term deposit market and asks: what's next for the sector?...

Financial services reform: the road ahead

As the Government implements its financial services reforms throughout 2011 and beyond, it can either choose to do things the 'hard way'; or the ';easy way', writes Mike ...

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Deconstructing funds ratings

Mark Hoven outlines the key points of difference in the various approaches to fund ratings and examines the need for improved adviser knowledge of these methodologies....

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Weighing up day one accident cover

Col Fullagar takes a look at Day One Accident cover within income protection policies and considers its pros and cons....

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How modern portfolio theory has failed investors

Pre-occupation with quantitative analysis in the financial markets has not necessarily served us well, says Mark Arnold. He explains how and why modern portfolio theory h...

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Why FOFA alone cannot change the culture of financial planning

The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...

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Licensee payments: backing financial advice

The role of licensee payments from platform providers has become a bone of contention in the financial advice industry, writes Marianne Perkovic....

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Reducing stress in retirement

Dominic McCormick looks at investment portfolios for retirees and considers the best ways to minimise stress....

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Industry super fund advisers under the spotlight

Robert Keavney recognises the trend for industry super funds to establish financial advice businesses, like their retail competitors. But he asks the question: Whose mone...

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Making the professional grade

As the debate surrounding tertiary education for financial planners moves from whether it should be compulsory to what degree should count, Ashleigh McIntyre writes that ...