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The question confronting the managed accounts sector is whether increased regulatory scrutiny will act as a brake to its recent rapid growth?...

In circumstances where the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has struggled to meet its legislative mandate and garner the respect and confidence of the bro...

A financial adviser class action against AMP Limited may not be in the best interests of all advisers, writes lawyer, Dan Mackay....

The Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity fund has returned to form after a difficult 2018 by taking an alternative view to its MSCI benchmark, writes Laura Dew. ...

Although Lonsec has managed to retain its momentum and attracted the highest ratings from financial planners for the third year in a row, planners say it might be time to...

There’s a great deal of information around ETFs, but what are the facts and the myths? Chris Dastoor spoke to some of the top minds in the ETF industry to separate fact f...

It’s not easy finding a home in financial services, especially one that lines up to your personal values. But for Mary Delahunty, finding that home in industry superannua...

Many Australians will have insurance as part of their superannuation, writes SuperFriend’s Sandy Macleod, but could the industry do more to support its clients?...

The basic premise of investing is simple – diversify, diversify, diversify. And with factor investing offering the additional premise of higher returns and lower risk in ...

Senator Jane Hume may have spoken about changes to superannuation but, based on previous experience, writes Graeme Colley, it may be a while until they come to fruition....

Thanks to the guys at Fidelity International, Outsider has discovered that Australians are a timid lot because they can be spooked by things like recessions....

Despite his jaunty step and fresh-faced demeanour Outsider is quite old and so doesn’t understand concepts such as employees being “engaged” when they come to work....

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