Editorial

The ability to manage increases in insurance premiums is an often overlooked but vital skill for risk insurance advisers, writes Col Fullagar....

Editorial

Property: Gen Y asks, why not?

With lofty ambitions and relative confidence, many Generation Y investors are ready to buy into the housing market, writes Kristy Sheppard. ...

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Selling a new fees structure

It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...

Editorial

Lump sum payments: End of the affair

The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...

Editorial

Can financial planners win back the public’s trust?

In the wake of recent corporate scandals and the global financial crisis, Ray Griffin asks whether the label ‘financial planner’ has become a burden to the industry....

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Trust profit takes hit

Trust profit takes hit but company positions for further growth....

Editorial

A fee for all

Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....

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Sold in 30 seconds

With practices no longer able to rely on strong returns to help retain and attract clients, a strong value proposition can make or break a financial planning practice, wr...

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Talking the talk

Stuart Fechner translates the persistently complex language of investment....

Editorial

How investor emotions influence market upturns and downturns

Recent events in global markets have highlighted how investor confidence, emotions and psychology can play a vital role in driving market upturns and downturns....

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The unique challenges of being a regional financial planner

Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....

Editorial

Letter bombshells

There may be nothing illegal about the direct marketing tactics being employed by some financial services companies, but when the regulator starts dealing with the conseq...