The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...

Former FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe argues that the changing dynamics impacting the financial planning industry makes it inevitable that some organisations will wither and ...

Dominic McCormick looks at the case for agriculture investment and argues while it’s compelling, there’s a lack of robust investment vehicles. ...

While considered foreboding by traditional investors, volatility in global markets is music to the ears those in the alternative space, Janine Mace writes. ...

As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

The immediate past chairman of the Financial Planning Association, Matthew Rowe, sees considerable significance in the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which...

Advisers are in the business of keeping their clients calm, but what happens when their own mental health is in question? Craig Parker asks....

Sean Fenton looks at the merit of long/short investment styles in today’s volatile markets. ...

The financial planning industry was simply outcampaigned on FOFA and must now look to play a longer and more strategic game....

In the fifth in a series on equity investing, Hugh Young discusses how investors can lose their way with over-ambition. ...

The retirement of Matthew Rowe after two terms as chairman of the FPA represents the closing of a chapter in the organisation’s continuing evolution. ...