The Future of Financial Advice regime will become law from 1 July, but as the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo points out, many questions vital to the finan...

In any investment category there is invariably a broad spectrum of views, many of which are in outright opposition. Nick Armet from Fidelity looks at the behavioural prob...

As advisers become increasingly time-poor, multi-manager funds seem to have emerged as an ‘all-in-one’ solution they need for their clients. But as Benjamin Levy reports,...

Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...

The world is going through a unique period, so what might have worked in the past will not work in the future. Dominic McCormick says now is not the time to be complacent...

Investing in equities offshore has for the past few years been a quick way to add some negatives to a balance sheet, and even the most hardened investors found the going ...

Benchmark-unaware investing seems to be a winning philosophy. Kathryn Young explains where bonds stand. ...

While investing offshore is beginning to look attractive once again, even the experts recognise there are potential problems for the unwary among the opportunities, and t...

The process of using credit to inflate assets that is associated with quantitative easing has created much nominal growth and little real wealth – and could lead to a dea...

Matt Drennan writes that Australian investors are having to process often contradictory data as they seek to find their way through the investment maze, but that one fact...

Although they haven’t exactly broken out the champagne, life has become a lot easier for fund managers over the past 12 months. Janine Mace examines the implications for ...