Editorial

Sydney-based planning principal, Greg Cook, questions whether advice being given to consumers by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is really in the pub...

Editorial

ASIC wasting time and resources

ASIC, hard-pressed for funding and resources, has embarked on a costly exercise aimed at determining the quality of retirement advice at a time when the underlying rules ...

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Sowing the seeds of commodities growth

Tim Hornibrook examines the factors that will lead to rising demand for agricultural commodities over the next few decades....

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Equities outpaced by inflation-linked bonds

Stephen Hart explains that inflation-linked bonds have outperformed equities over the last 20 years and act as a good hedge against inflation....

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Controlling compliance risk

Paul Derham explains the important role a compliance committee plays in reducing regulatory and operational risk for licensees....

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Adapting to the superannuation contribution cap changes

With the Government set to change the superannuation contribution caps rules from 1 July, 2012, Troy Smith outlines the strategies available to financial advisers....

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A Japanese domino effect?

The tragic natural disasters and nuclear accidents that have struck Japan are being viewed by some as a potential catalyst for a double-dip recession, but as Mike Taylor ...

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Making insurance a priority

Insurers need to reach into their own pockets to address underinsurance, writes Tim Browne....

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The multiple realities of investment

Dominic McCormick explains why the adoption of a less dogmatic approach to investing could serve the industry well....

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Playing wedge politics with financial planning opt-in

The Minister for Financial Services, Billl Shorten, knows as well as anyone else in the financial services sector that the IFAAA is a minnow. Thus his recent comments mus...

Editorial

Managed futures and exploiting inefficient markets

Graham Hand outlines managed futures and the role they play in the investment sector....

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Benefiting from home duties TPD insurance

Col Fullagar outlines the much-overlooked ‘home duties’ total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurance cover and examines the criteria for those who can bene...