Editorial

Julie Steed looks at the complexities around the waiving of the five-year claw-back for SMSFs....

Since their arrival on our shores about a decade ago, managed accounts have remained largely dormant in Australia. But with continuing market volatility and the imminent ...

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Housing markets: what you should know

Tom Stevenson looks at current events in major housing markets around the world and suggests investors consider five key factors....

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MySuper the lowest common denominator

Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...

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Industry versus retail superannuation: A tale of two policies

Col Fullagar takes a look at two income protection policies - one is offered by an industry superannuation fund, while the other comes from a retail fund. While the premi...

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Shape of Stronger Super remains uncertain

The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....

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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....

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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...

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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...

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Time for financial planners to let go of trailing commissions

Putting aside the increasingly open question of whether the Gillard Labor Government will remain in power long enough to oversee the implementation of its Future of Finan...

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FOFA to accelerate industry consolidation

Non-aligned dealer group executives have long been warning that the new Future of Financial Advice reforms would lead to consolidation in the financial advice market. Geo...

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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...