The risk of including fixed interest in portfolios when interest rates are set to rise can be managed and even present an opportunity for advisers, Bill Bovingdon writes....
Sean McCormack asks if it is still worth holding total and permanent disability insurance (TPD) in super given the impact Stronger Super changes have had on TPD cover ins...
Jason Spits writes that both aligned and non-aligned groups are reporting milder changes in their numbers than those seen in the past....
AMP and the big four control even less of the wider market than first revealed by Money Management and far short of the 80 per cent ownership figure often spoken about in...
Service providers are an essential part of the financial planning sector and, as Jason Spits writes, while advisers may recommended diversification in a portfolio they ap...
Moves to assess the landscape of financial planning should be lauded but, as Jason Spits writes, there needs to be more clarity as to who should populate that landscape....
It is no longer about whether investors are comfortable with investing in China but about how they actively manage their exposures to make use of Chinese reforms going fo...
Deirdre Wroth explores whether super contribution splitting can help bridge the gap in super balances between men and women....
Mike Taylor writes that the reporting of breaches needs to be accepted as not only a legal obligation but part and parcel of running a financial services company. ...
Those pursuing a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry need to stop spinning and get their facts straight....
William Truong looks at how the Federal Government’s changes to Centrelink’s asset testing from 1 January 2017 will impact clients looking at a Centrelink allowance....
Given that roughly one billion people will be 65 or older in East Asia by 2050, Australian banks need to revamp their services, Juan Pedro Moreno and Greg Carroll write....
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...