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New research has confirmed substantial unmet demand for good and independent financial advice which the banks may not be able to deliver. ...

The Grattan Institute's Jim Minifie argues that the super governance reforms currently being pursued by the Government are defensible - but not the main game for members....

One way or another, the financial planning industry has provided rich pickings for plaintiff law firms over the past decade and so Outsider was not at all surprised to he...

Outsider has never particularly coveted power and so he happily attends lunches and industry events and taps out his stories oblivious to the corporate political machinat...

Every once in a while, about as often as a solar eclipse, Outsider’s employer allows him to travel up the front of an aeroplane, usually meaning a seat in business class...

Krishna Skandakumar, Heather Gray and Andrew O’Bryan look at the various changes that have occurred in insurance within superannuation and self-managed superannuation fun...

Platform development must stay focused on its purpose, which is to support the very real value that full financial planning delivers for clients, writes Alan Dunne. ...

Hugh Young asks how investors can spot those moments when markets cease to be rational and throw up value. ...

The number of Australian companies offering global products and growth has increased significantly, and with it the opportunity for global exposure from investments made ...

A change of minister combined with a change in ministerial advisory personnel and Government policy attitudes has altered the dynamic for the key financial services lobby...

Andrew Lowe answers some common questions around income stream planning, including eligibility to make super contributions, and starting or winding up an income streams....

ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, will leave a legacy of significant change, but product intervention powers and a user-pays regime might ultimately prove problematic....

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