Editorial

With a third of FOS determinations going unpaid the efficacy of Professional Indemnity insurance as a compensation mechanism is under question and, as Mike Taylor reports...

Editorial

Looking beyond the breach

While ASIC is right to pursue more timely breach reporting by financial planning firms it should acknowledge that the vast majority more than live up to their obligations...

Editorial

Selling confidence in advisers

Restoring confidence in the financial advice profession has become a catch cry for institutions recently, but the reality of the proposal is still a way off, Amelia Const...

Editorial

Pricing up the platform

With regulatory change shining a spotlight on fees, platform providers are under increased pressure to justify their value. Perhaps innovation is the key to retaining adv...

Editorial

Thinking like a business owner

Investors who take a business-owner approach and shut out market noise are in the best position to distinguish between price and value, Julian Morrison writes. ...

Editorial

Kicking investment goals

In an increasingly competitive advice space, planners could benefit from ditching benchmarks in favour of goals-based investment, Craig Keary writes. ...

Editorial

Going alternative

Alternative investments, like hedge funds, can be seamlessly blended into portfolios, but the trick is to remember they are not an asset class in their own right, Andrew ...

Editorial

FOS wrong on renaming “general advice”

The concerns expressed by FOS on the renaming of “general advice” overlook the importance of creating a clear separation between advice and product sales....

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Risk market rebounds

The risk market has bounced back from six months of sluggish activity with growth across both the individual and group sectors, research has confirmed. ...

Editorial

Industry leadership on education standards

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space....

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Separation the only answer

While ASIC continues to press for more powers with respect to bank management staff and product design, Mike Taylor writes that the real answer lies in successfully separ...