EDITORIAL

Markets continue to buffet Equity Trustees....

The unravelling of Storm Financial underscores much of what is wrong in the financial planning industry, writes Paul Resnik....

GRAHAM HAND compares fundamental indexing to the more traditional cap-weighted model of indexing. ...

Adversity is no stranger to India, though an incredible set of numbers offers reason for optimism, writes JOHN PEREIRA....

Don’t make too much of the recent drop in China’s growth rate, writes JONATHAN WU. This is the result of a shock to confidence, not fundamentals....

Don’t write off the BRIC market just yet, writes DAVID THOMAS. Some BRIC long-term investments are outperforming those in developed markets....

Emerging markets are the subject of fierce and divergent industry views. JANINE MACE explores these growing economies....

When it comes to the emerging market story, key players in the tale are the so-called BRIC economies....

Point of View by Kristy Sheppard...

It's been suggested that while Storm Financial was the largest, it was by no means the only group pursuing its distinctive high fees, high leverage model....

Financial planners are limited in what they can achieve for clients, but insightful and regular communication is essential when times are tough...

While punters are wagering on a grim 2009, the outlook is anything but certain. Industry figures offer their thoughts on what lies ahead for financial services....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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