EDITORIAL

If one issue has clearly defined the divide which continues to exist between financial planners and accountants, it has been the chequered passage of the Government’s Tax...

Fear is a potent force driving investor behaviour but its effects can be successfully navigated, writes Matt Sherwood....

Do Australians take too short-term a view of investments? Is there a tendency for knee-jerk reactions and little consideration for the long-term? A Money Management round...

A boutique fund manager won this year’s Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year award. Is this a reflection of the way the market is behaving and the nature of t...

Many financial planning clients remain decidedly cautious, with many clinging to cash and cash-like investments given the current market volatility. A Money Management ro...

Are we seeing a genuine move back into Australian equities driven by an exit from cash and cash-like investments, or are there other forces at play? A Money Management ro...

Active portfolio management will be a key means of tackling sector head-winds, writes Jonas Palmqvist....

The Federal Government and ASIC insist that life/risk churn is real and that it is a serious issue. There exist many advisers in the life/risk space who believe ASIC and ...

When ASIC announced it was appealing a Federal Court decision to approve a settlement between former Storm Financial clients and Macquarie Bank Limited, it broke new grou...

Investors are flooding back to property, and as they do they might start asking whether direct or listed is the way to go – or perhaps even both. Freya Purnell writes....

While there are pockets of value across all sectors, getting the best performance depends on choosing the right assets with good locations and occupancy....

The appeals of the FPA for a further extension of the TASA implementation seemed to be falling on deaf ears, with the Assistant Treasurer, David Bradbury, seeming determi...

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

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

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

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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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