Features

Macquarie Specialist Investments launches first product

Macquarie Specialist Investments launches capital protected solution, Macquarie Portfolio Select....

Driving the low lifes out of the financial planning industry

Financial planners have a bad reputation, but there should be a distinction between 'proper' financial planners and the 'bottom dwellers', writes Michael Dale....

Editorial

Uncertain road ahead for financial planners

In the wake of the Federal Budget, and with sovereign debt worries in Europe, the future is uncertain for financial planners....

Editorial

Determining the correct level of insurance coverage

Michael Browne explains the cost of debilitating injuries, and how the right level of insurance can save a lot of heartache....

Editorial

Has the Rudd Government fumbled by largely rejecting the Henry Review?

By holding the Henry Review into Taxation and then rejecting most of its findings, the Government has broken the golden rule of politics, writes Mike Taylor....

Editorial

Why Select raised the alarm about Trio Capital

Dominic McCormick explains the reasoning behind Select Asset Management's decision to raise concerns regarding Trio Capital/Astarra....

Tools & guides

Superannuation death benefits explained

It is vital that superannuation fund members have an understanding of death benefits, says ING Australia's Scott Quinn....

Editorial

Should investors rethink their risk exposure?

The flood of foreign credit into Australia should make investors rethink their risk exposure, writes Martin Conlon....

Editorial

Financial planning commissions going the way of the dodo

The move towards a commissions-free financial planning industry is inevitable, writes Mike Taylor....

Tools & guides

Preparing for a SMSF trustee's death

Holding large value illiquid assets in a SMSF could prove problematic when a trust member dies. Deborah Wixted explains the obligations and options trustees and their fin...