EDITORIAL

It may have taken 10 years, but predictions that the platform market would shrink to a handful of providers have finally come true. Yet Jason Spits discovers that it's no...

The public's perception of insurance companies is not particularly favourable. CommInsure’s Graham Putt explains that it is up to the industry to promote its positive rol...

Jo-Anne Bloch will leave the Financial Planning Association in the coming weeks, and her replacement must be non-partisan....

AMP reports a $772 million underlying profit for 2009, down 5 per cent on 2008....

The unlisted property sector is in crisis, writes Robert Keavney. He explains why this is not the first time and expresses concerns that it will happen again....

The recent announcement by the Australian Clearing House that it has added the first ETF to its list of acceptable collateral represents a watershed moment in the life of...

Industry Super Network's spokesman David Whiteley has criticised the Financial Planning Association's position on commissions associated with the sale of life insurance....

The SMSF administration industry has started a long journey of transformation from a cottage industry to a profession....

Richard Oldcorn discusses the use of the optimisation strategy, which is somewhat neglected by financial planners....

After two decades as a financial planner, newly retired Ray Griffin explains what he has learned from a career in the industry....

If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....

Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....

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