EDITORIAL

Following a number of recent liquidity issues, platforms have found themselves in new territory....

Dispensations granted to superannuation funds with respect to intra-fund advice are what many had hoped for but they carry the risk of reputational damage if things go wr...

WHEN Money Management recently reported that recruitment agencies were advertising non-existent roles, it raised a broader issue of what constitutes acceptable and ethica...

The focus on fee levels in financial services and investment risks missing the structural flaws and distorting incentives that are also troubling these industries....

Many investors have seen their core beliefs turned upside down in the past year. Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates discusses at this year's Portfolio Construction Confere...

Robert Keavney considers the green shoots debate and concludes the economic situation is clearly unclear....

Upturn in funds under management or advice through the final quarter of 2008-09 prompts Plan B to confirm its profit guidance....

It ought come as no surprise to most Australian financial planners that they have an image problem and that they represent an easy target for what was once known as the ‘...

In response to the tidal wave of money moving into cash, product providers have been quick to release a range of new cash-based products designed for the adviser market....

Recent market volatility highlights the need for consistent client advice, writes Shane Pinkerton....

Class action launched in 2007 to recover investors' losses in Westpoint property developments....

Peter Worcester and Paul Resnik continue their examination of the risks involved in borrowing to invest....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months 1 week ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

3 weeks ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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