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Markets can be split into four distinct phases, writes Elfreda Jonker, and understanding how each one performs can be key to picking the right equities....

The Biden administration has stated its dedication to climate change, writes Joshua Kendall, so how could this affect broader worldwide ESG policies?...

The resolution of several regulatory issues regarding Legal Entity Identifiers, writes Chris Donohoe, demonstrates the financial system is set for further growth....

Will the real Simon Wu please stand up? There is only one Outsider but apparently there are two Simon Wus operating in the Australian funds management industry....

Outsider has been around long enough to know that if you wait long enough some of the fashions you were wearing 20 years ago come back into fashion. Well, almost. And so ...

Outsider has sought to stay away from the Melissa Caddick financial planning fraud scandal because, frankly, he thinks coverage has reflected badly in general terms on fi...

The shock to markets in 2020 has left the investment landscape in an unusual position, writes Mike Aked, with five factors impacting a portfolio’s performance....

If the Government wants the industry to pay for a compensation scheme of last resort then it needs to review and remove many other regulatory costs, starting with profess...

Mike Taylor writes that in the wake of Ares pulling back from its bid for the entirety of AMP Limited, the board and shareholders are being made patently aware that separ...

Oksana Patron checks how COVID-19 has changed Australians’ thinking about superannuation and their own retirement and what lies ahead for product and solutions providers....

Mike Taylor writes that while significant consolidation has occurred within the Australian life insurance industry, profitability remains a key challenge....

From the implementation of the FASEA regime through to the recommendations of the Royal Commission, Mike Taylor writes, a lot had changed before the Australian Securities...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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