Despite political instability and earnings downgrades abroad in 2018, Hannah Wootton finds that global equities are still offering more to investors than many of their do...
Debate has been raging about the impact of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s professionalisation regime since its inception. While many advisers plan...
Anastasia Santoreneos writes that while emerging markets have long provided investors with growth opportunities, this year has the experts divided on whether they’re wort...
Self-managed superannuation funds are growing in popularity, and at the same time scrutiny of the quality of advice around them is also increasing. Hannah Wootton looks a...
While the extended bull market saw a rise in investors’ interest in exchange-traded funds, Anastasia Santoreneos writes that perhaps 2019 will see the pendulum swing back...
Industry Super Australia used a submission to a Parliamentary committee to question the ability of financial planners to be trusted to give unconflicted advice on post re...
The final report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has identified some important issues but the compl...
Suzie Brown outlines some of the key considerations for financial advisers when making life insurance recommendations and provides an overview of the upcoming legislative...
Has industry already made a judgement about who is going to win the upcoming Federal Election and therefore the relevance of Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg’s proposed April F...
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet....
As any senior public servant will tell you, the minister is always right until he is no longer the minister....
As vital as business development is to the successful management of a financial planning practice, it often falls by the wayside. Ray McHale outlines how to complete a br...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...