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Why are the Japanese insurers and institutions showing such interest in Australia’s life insurance assets while our major banks are looking to the exits, Mike Taylor asks...

Australian equities have settled since last financial year’s volatility but advisers have been warned to make selective and diversified decisions, Jassmyn Goh finds....

Being cyber resilient is not only about fulfilling a statutory obligation but also about preserving the integrity of a financial services firm, according to Holley Nether...

Jeremy Cooper looks at what advisers should be considering following the latest changes to the Age Pension....

While currency exposure can provide a safety valve for economic downturns, advisers need to employ a structured approach to manage foreign exposures, Matthew Hopkins writ...

Outsider wonders whether it is a case of what is good for the Commonwealth Bank is good for Australia....

The challenges confronting Fox at the AFA might have sent a lot of lesser men positively grey, but Outsider is happy to report that he has detected no change to the big m...

It’s a sense of déjà vu here at Money Management as Outsider's colleagues found editorial pieces from 1995 that discussed the need for professionalisation of the financia...

Independent financial advisers may not have been exposed to the various elements of risk management and they therefore could inadvertently neglect them to the detriment o...

Smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) are set to become the fastest growing ETF market in the world ......

The days of the major banks competing for major wealth management assets are gone due to a combination of indifferent financial results and regulatory and reputational ri...

With the passage of the Professional Standards legislation, the major employers have already set about de-risking their planning exposures, Mike Taylor writes....

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