EDITORIAL

The Industry Super Network is playing a dangerous game in suggesting past performance should be accepted as an indicator of future returns....

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

The financial planning industry is a diverse organism not well understood by the media and other industry outsiders and advisers need to remember this....

A small allocation to gold could add significant benefits to a client’s investment portfolio, writes BetaShares's Drew Corbett....

With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....

While equities no longer have the appeal they had prior to the financial crisis, sophisticated fixed interest strategies are springing up in their wake....

Increasing a client’s exposure to risk may start with a fixed income allocation, but the asset class is now fraught with complexity. Janine Mace explains....

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

The dealer group model is changing and BT’s Mark Spiers says financial planners will need to make choices consistent with the newly evolving reality....

Catherine Yeung weighs up the evidence as to whether China is headed for an economic hard landing....

It is no surprise investors and financial advisers are confused in what has become a dysfunctional economic and investment environment, according to Dominic McCormick....

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