Features

Are financial planners getting value for money from their EDRs?

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

Editorial

Bill Shorten adds fuel to the fire

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

Editorial

FOFA ushering in a new financial planning reality

The dealer group model is changing and BT’s Mark Spiers says financial planners will need to make choices consistent with the newly evolving reality....

Editorial

Is China headed for a hard landing?

Catherine Yeung weighs up the evidence as to whether China is headed for an economic hard landing....

Editorial

Investing when the markets are dysfunctional

It is no surprise investors and financial advisers are confused in what has become a dysfunctional economic and investment environment, according to Dominic McCormick....

Editorial

Australian Ethical profit down 64 per cent

Australian Ethical has reported a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $402,000 for the 2011-12 financial year, down 64 per cent on the previous result....

Editorial

FOFA timetable leaves no margin for error

ASIC has been handed a mammoth task in delivering FOFA, underscoring the tiny window available to the financial services industry to prepare for the new regulatory regime...

Editorial

Has the Australian dollar got nowhere to go but down?

With the commodities boom having reached its apex, there is little upside left in the Australian dollar, according to Brandywine Global's Francis Scotland....

Editorial

Positive earnings and profits in SFG's first full year

SFG Australia has reported positive earnings and revenue growth in a financial year that followed the effective merger of Shadforth Financial Group Holdings and Snowball ...

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Acquisitions boost Equity Trustees revenue

Equity Trustees (EQT) posts a 10 per cent increase in total revenue, driven largely by acquisitions over the past year....

Editorial

Why financial advisers must learn to speak their clients' language

Gloomy headlines have at least played a part in creating financial anxiety among Australian investors. Tim Browne explains why it’s important for financial advisers to us...

Editorial

Accounting services business helps Fiducian result

Diversified financial services group Fiducian Portfolio Services has acquired three small financial planning practices and is focused on acquiring accounting practices, d...