Funds are unlikely to be deliberately guilty of greenwashing but nevertheless, writes Laura Dew, they need to have transparent processes in place to prevent investors fee...
Lawrence Lam explores how leading sovereign wealth and university endowment funds are positioning their portfolio and what retail investors can learn from them....
Nicholas Condeleon and Måns Carlsson question if the COVID-19 pandemic and associated risks has increased people’s interest in sustainable investment?...
As Australia approaches 20 years of exchange traded funds, Duncan Burns questions how important fees are and if we’ll see a ‘zero-cost’ ETF in the future....
The focus on sustainable investments, from investors and regulators, has reached a tipping point. This provides both challenges and opportunities for financial advisers, ...
Outsider reckons the guys over at Westpac can relax a little over the record penalty they paid as a result of the bank’s AUSTRAC infringements because JP Morgan Chase and...
Outsider has been heartened to hear the news that NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian wants people back in their offices in the Sydney central business district as soon as po...
Outsider knows one or two financial services high-flyers who are normally more than ready to flaunt their triple platinum frequent flyer status but are currently having t...
In a world of both extreme volatility and low interest rates, investors are struggling to find a defensive place to put their assets, writes Arnaud Brillois....
As more advisers leave the industry and the cost of financial advice delivery rises, superannuation funds are destined to play a greater role. These circumstances make it...
The Financial Services Council’s Jane Macnamara argues that the use of superannuation is not the answer to Australia’s housing affordability problem....
Although there is no set structure when it comes to practice management, advisers need to know what they want to achieve and how to best communicate their needs, Oksana P...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...