Editorial

Does strategic asset allocation make sense?

Strategic asset allocation may represent the conventional approach but Dominic McCormick questions whether it deserves the credibility it carries....

Editorial

Financial planning licensees defy ASIC's expectations

Despite some media reports to the contrary, Mike Taylor writes that the top 20 licensees in the financial planning industry emerged in reasonable shape from ASIC’s review...

Editorial

Making sense of the August stock market debacle

The August market downturn gave the world a big scare and investors seemed to have run for the hills in fear the nightmare from 2008 was returning. Ron Bewley tries to ma...

Editorial

How financial planners can determine investment risk

Before giving advice, financial advisers have a positive duty to actively assess and research the risks arising in relation to an investment. Paul Resnik outlines a set o...

Editorial

Charity sues over sub-prime losses

A charity that lost $1.5 million in a hedge fund manager that collapsed during the GFC is suing the advice firm that recommended the fund....

Editorial

Financial planning becomes a political battleground

The use by Industry Super Network (ISN) of research and surveying organisations to help prosecute its agenda with respect to financial planning represents the transfer of...

Editorial

Negotiating the new investment landscape

Post global financial crisis regulation, changing government policy and a shift in demographics have created a very different investment landscape to that of previous dec...

Editorial

The unintended consequences of superannuation reform

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

Editorial

Superannuation for dummies

Lack of investor engagement with superannuation is a widespread issue. Bill Buttler provides guidance on fee comparison for retail investors, and argues standardised meas...

Editorial

The price investors pay for short-sighted fund managers

Short-termism is a pandemic that continues to flourish unchecked within financial markets, resulting in significant long-term economic costs to investors. Mark Arnold and...