EXPERT ANALYSIS

Banning grandfathered commissions without first having a definitive policy objective speaks to ideological and simplistic motivations, writes Phil Anderson....

Col Fullagar tells five short stories that may be suitable as bedtime reading for those interested or involved in the Royal Commission....

Investors cannot rely on bonds for portfolio diversification in light of the changes the global bond market has undergone in the last ten years, and need to look at other...

Mark Arnold and Jason Orthman explain why some luxury goods companies (and not others) have managed to parlay brand equity into sustainable long-term profits and market s...

Jan Sytze Mosselaar writes that, despite the recent popularity of index investing, there are many issues with relying on index strategies in place of active low volatilit...

Geoff Rimmer looks at the future of the vertically integrated model, regulation, the dealer group model and dealer Australian Financial Services Licences models in the wa...

Paying attention to the MSCI ESG Leaders Index could help those looking for socially conscious investments avoid companies such as Facebook, even before public light is s...

With Elder Abuse becoming increasingly common, Gil Gordon looks at how advisers can assess legal capacity and ensure they are both giving and recording appropriate advice...

Months before the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry got underway, former AMP executive and financial service...

Nathan Walker writes that while the need to consolidate superannuation is well-publicised, advisers need to pay more attention to consolidating clients’ insurance schemes...

Stuart Fechner looks at why the market is facing increased volatility, and how with active and flexible management advisers can take advantage of the opportunities that p...

Lawrence Lam explores how ESG is critical to sustainable outperformance, where should we focus our research efforts, and some practical ways to profit from companies with...

 

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Simon J

What do you think the motivation is behind this broadly worded legislation Peter? Is it to make it harder for retail ...

19 hours ago
PETER JOHNSTON- AIOFP

The FSC should have thought about this when they cooperated with O'Dywer/Frydenberg/Hume/FPA/AFA 10 years ago when this...

21 hours 50 minutes ago
Simon J

Sick of it. Canberra is a joke....

22 hours 34 minutes ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

10 months ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months 3 weeks ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

10 months ago