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After three eventful years with extensive consultation and lobbying from all sides, the financial services industry finally has a clearer...

In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the...

With the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on...

The last APRA regulatory failure around HIH Insurance saw heads roll. Mike Taylor asks whether the gravity of the Trio Capital...

Until the final wording of the Future of Financial Advice legislation is released, it is impossible to assess what the...

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s FOFA process has finally produced a genuinely positive outcome in the St John Report’s...

It's been a tough 12 months for fund managers with investor sentiment persistently negative and Australian shares among the worst-performing....

When it comes to asset allocation, the focus has shifted from beating benchmarks to the requirement that liabilities are met,...

Many prominent investors, including Warren Buffett, have recently raised doubts about gold as an investment. Dominic McCormick questions their views....

As ASIC moves to translate the FOFA Acts into a new regulatory environment, there appears every chance that opt-in obligations...