Diversified investment company Washington H. Soul Pattinson has reported a profit surge on the back of its diversified exposures, particularly coal....

Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

In light of the numerous inquiries into financial services as well as changing attitudes to adviser remuneration, SUE VISKOVIC considers the benefits of overhauling your ...

Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

Robert Keavney draws back the curtains to examine the reliability of financial forecasts....

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...

Perennial Value Management's managing director said the fund manager is projecting a period of flat profit growth, but on a yield basis, there's good value in the market....