While wrap platforms need to adapt and innovate the fundamentals need to stay the same to continue playing a leading investment role, Cameron Garrett writes....
Elizabeth Tian looks at what products investors are looking at to help protect against the uncertainty of a market’s direction. ...
Minh Ly looks at what advisers need to take into consideration once the asset test changes have been implemented....
Despite the controversies and challenges, the absolute size of the Australian financial planning industry has remained relatively stable, according to Money Management TO...
For the first time Money Management asked the dealer groups in a survey to share their views on the educational requirements for new advisers as well as their expectation...
Traditional wisdom on life insurance has been tried but apparently has not succeeded. Col Fullagar outlines 20 insurer commitments that approved lists should be predicate...
There will always be a big question mark over whether churn was a real problem or a handy political lever, but the outcome represents the exercise of pragmatic politics....
The clear message for investors at present is that global monetary policy almost certainly has to remain highly expansionary for some time to come, Conrad Burge writes....
As there is a large degree of replication amongst large equity funds, and similarity in performance, there is a case to use both active and passive strategies, Julian Bea...
Getting retirees to cut back spending in the middle of retirement will be seen as more of a failure of advice than a useful strategy, Aaron Minney writes....
Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s consideration of alternative default models represents the real superannuation idealogical battleground....
It is an exciting time for advisers as they help guide their clients through the complex maze of super to achieve their desired retirement goals, Catherine Chivers writes...
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...