EXPERT ANALYSIS

As an asset class, infrastructure has a number of unique characteristics that makes it an attractive option for investors across all points of the economic or market cycl...

Focusing on behaviour and psychology can help adviser to strengthen their client relationships and offer a unique service proposition, writes Jane Monica Jones....

The annual superannuation performance test results are just days away and some Choice options will also be under the microscope for the first time, writes Craig Day....

Risk targeted investing’s approach to changing market conditions combines realism and preparedness, taking the pressure off advisers and their clients, writes Tony Edward...

It could make sense for Australian wholesale investors to include corporate bonds in portfolios, with the traditional role of bonds re-emerging in 2023, writes Bruce Murp...

A move to regulate the Buy Now Pay Later space could have wide-ranging implications and change the investment case for holding the providers in portfolios, writes Ursula ...

Challenges to wills have been unrelenting as household debt grows so it is important to establish a watertight vehicle, writes Mercia Chapman....

A staple of retirement planning advice, the recontribution strategy has seen a resurgence in popularity since the work test was removed from super contributions law, writ...

The recent failures of US banks, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, have unnerved investors globally, writes ST Wong....

Inflation is set to be a key challenge for clients as we enter a period of core inflation which will be more difficult to budge without an economic slowdown to ‘reset’ th...

Sustainable cashflow is the apex for financial advice firms today and growth can be a bitter pill to swallow amid growing compliance and administration costs, writes Umes...

One of the fundamental roles of a financial adviser is to understand the needs and objectives of each client and provide strategy and product advice recommendations that ...

 

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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