Features

Why financial planners must reassure their clients in hard times

If Australian financial planner sentiment is to follow the patterns of the past decade, the global markets meltdown experienced in the opening days of August is likely to...

Editorial

Count posts record net profit

Count Financial (Count) has posted a preliminary record net profit after tax (NPAT) of $52 million in the company's latest earning guidance and dividend announcement....

Editorial

Holding APRA to account

As controversy continues to swirl around industry fund MTAA Super, Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby argues it is time for the Australian Prudential Regulation Autho...

Editorial

Intra-fund advice class order removal a relief

ASIC's guidance document on scalable advice should be welcomed for one thing, the manner in which it proposes to remove the class relief granted to superannuation fund tr...

Editorial

Separately managed account benefits weighed up

Lin Ngin looks at how separately managed accounts (SMAs) operate and explores some of the features and benefits on offer as well as some of the current limitations....

Editorial

Switching on to global energy investment

Increasing demand for energy combined with limited supply sounds like the perfect investment equation. However, as Mark Hume explains, it’s not without some risk....

Editorial

SMSF eligibility rules and your responsibilities

Too much attention on the details can mean forgetting about the fundamentals. David Court traces the intricate eligibility rules applying to SMSFs and the consequences of...

Editorial

Is the hype around bonds just hot air?

Many experts look at the bond market as an indicator for future inflationary changes. Dominic McCormick argues recent events, particularly in the US, prove otherwise....

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Bendigo reports strong profit result

Wealth management helps in Bendigo and Adelaide bank’s strong full-year result....

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A new take on business insurance

Financial advisers are well placed to manage business succession strategies for small-to-medium enterprise clients, writes Ted Voges....

Editorial

Building lasting client relationships

A recent study has shown that advisers see their client relationship as the primary foundation of their value proposition. Fiona Mackenzie describes the importance of a ...

Editorial

Where the next BRIC economies will be

Brazil, Russia, India and China formed a block of countries that returned well to their investors over the past decade. Tom Stevenson tries to predict which countries cou...