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...
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...
Strategic asset allocation may represent the conventional approach but Dominic McCormick questions whether it deserves the credibility it carries....
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...
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....
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...
Lack of investor engagement with superannuation is a widespread issue. Bill Buttler provides guidance on fee comparison for retail investors, and argues standardised meas...
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...
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...
This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fee...
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...
The debate around responsible investments has become charged by the controversial and highly discussed carbon tax. However, Janine Mace finds this will not negatively imp...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...