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The second tranche of the Government's Future of Financial Advice legislation has laid out the remuneration and best interests ground rules for financial planners but, as...

The decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in November might result in good news for both investors and the markets, according...

The Financial Planning Association seems determined to “raise the bar” on professionalism in the financial planning industry, but as Mike Taylor reports, this might take ...

Underwriting is a continually evolving area and as a result insurers need to stay ahead of the game if they are to understand the changing insurance needs of our nation, ...

The moment members of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) voted to become a professional association, and in doing so, dispense with the organisation's long-standing...

Current shuffling of the deckchairs on the Titanic that is Europe will not solve the euro crisis, according to Martin Conlon....

Dissatisfaction with the performance of traditional managed funds and the resulting criticism may see the rise of multi-asset solutions, according to Dominic McCormick....

Tim Sanderson puts the traditional asset allocation approach head to head with the bucket strategy, with some surprising results....

Platforms are facing pressure from all sides, Milana Pokrajac writes. How will they deal with changing financial adviser demands, low investor sentiment and fast approach...

When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...

Asset allocation is becoming critically important in a world of shorter and more extreme investment cycles. This is where multi-asset funds come in, writes Janine Mace....

Australian investors seem certain to close out the year with their allocations set to conservative and with half an eye on a struggling Europe, but as Mike Taylor reports...

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