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Colonial First State's Deborah Wixted outlines the benefits and traps associated with defined benefit pensions....

With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

The Industry Super Network is playing a dangerous game in suggesting past performance should be accepted as an indicator of future returns....

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

The financial planning industry is a diverse organism not well understood by the media and other industry outsiders and advisers need to remember this....

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

A small allocation to gold could add significant benefits to a client’s investment portfolio, writes BetaShares's Drew Corbett....

Increasing a client’s exposure to risk may start with a fixed income allocation, but the asset class is now fraught with complexity. Janine Mace explains....

While equities no longer have the appeal they had prior to the financial crisis, sophisticated fixed interest strategies are springing up in their wake....

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

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