While the extension provides some leeway for advisers who have not passed the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam this year, clarity is needed on whethe...

Oksana Patron writes how recent acquisitions position former mid-tier financial planning groups higher up the ranks in terms of financial adviser numbers....

After decades of underperformance, value is seeing a turnaround and outpacing growth stocks for the first time in years, writes Laura Dew....

The COVID-19 pandemic tested traditional asset allocations and portfolio builds, writes Chris Dastoor, so what lessons have been learnt a year on?...

Phil Anderson writes how advisers can be supported in the in the run up to the FASEA exam deadline as this can be a stressful period for those yet to pass....

When running an advice practice, writes Craig West, it is prudent to think about how to exit it in the best possible way from the beginning....

Platform providers need to consider how they can best work together with advice practices to help them run smarter businesses, Edwina Maloney writes....

As a man of a certain age, Outsider might be forgiven for not being keen to celebrate his birthday when it rolls around each year. ...

Outsider was left feeling perplexed when he sat next to an AMP employee at a recent conference after his seat companion laughed at the idea that inappropriate behaviour w...

Outsider thought he already heard about the strangest rebrand of 2021 when he read about Standard Life Aberdeen rebranding as ‘Abrdn’ earlier this year. ...

Closed-ended investment funds have received negative press lately, writes Angus Gluskie, so how do they work and what do investors need to know about premiums and discou...