Features

All eggs in one basket – SMSF Feature Part 3

SMSF clients may be more sophisticated and savvy with their investments but volatility affects them as much as anyone else. How do they invest their money? Malavika Santh...

Features

Looking at the alternative side of things

Hope William-Smith finds out if it's policy makers, investors, advisers, or fund managers making the moves at the grassroots level to get alternatives off the sideline....

Features

The art of entering into

Col Fullagar looks at when an intending insured is able to cease and desist disclosing ‘all sorts of stuff’....

Features

The property for income opportunity

Mark Lumby explores the role unlisted commercial property funds can play within the current volatile and low interest rate environment....

Features

Consumer robos vs enterprise digital advice: two different playing fields

Robo-advice startups are receiving considerable attention from the media, government, and the industry but there is a vast difference between consumer-focused robo-advise...

Outsider

Outsider is backing Bazza and Katelyn

Outsider noted that his old mate, Barry Lambert, had not dawdled too long at beautiful Crowdy Head before going back into battle for his grand daughter, Katelyn....

Outsider

Sheep in wolf’s clothing

Outsider knows how it feels to be mistaken for someone else. He was once mistaken for a Queensland special branch undercover operative....

Outsider

Penny wise, pound foolish?

Having watched with dismay the efforts of Centrelink to pursue supposed tax debts, Outsider was not at all surprised when a reader sent him an ATO dealing with the gigant...

Tools & guides

Navigating the latest round of asset test changes for your clients

Mark Teale looks at what challenges the new assets test for the Age Pension will have for advisers and clients....

Features

There’s never been a better time to be a financial adviser

Now is the best time for advisers and advice businesses to take control of current opportunities to grow the profession and the industry, John de Zwart writes....