Features

RC/Frydenberg put paid to self-regulation

The question has to be asked whether the financial planning industry’s lacklustre past efforts on member discipline and sanctions fatally undermined proposals for self-re...

Features

Pockets of yield despite record-low interest rates

As central banks worldwide fight with low or even negative rates, advisers should look towards higher-quality investment grade bonds and emerging market debt to seek out ...

Features

InFocus: BOLR: not cut and dried

Following the announcement by AMP of unilateral changes to the buyer of last resort policy, some AMP advisers are now facing financial devastation, Dan Mackay writes....

Expert Analysis

The property allocation demands reconsideration

While most Australian investors have exposure to local property securities for income and potential capital growth, it’s unlikely that they’ve considered investing in pro...

Expert Analysis

Re-evaluating your returns

As local and global markets continue to endure political and economic impediments, investors are re-evaluating their return expectations. So, Simon Doyle writes, what’s a...

Expert Analysis

Investing in earnings leadership to future-proof a portfolio

In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda utters the line: “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future”, a line that equally applies to investment, writes Alphinity’s Jonas ...

Expert Analysis

Approaching ethics with 20:20 vision

There are numerous examinations facing advisers in the short-term, even with a potential Government extension, so how can advisers be prepared while still doing their day...

Outsider

Walking the walk on #MeToo

Having worked in journalism for many years, Outsider can cast his mind back to a time when sexist comments were frequently made about women and nobody blinked an eye. ...

Outsider

Sticking the boot into a fallen giant

Outsider is an old rugby player so he knows there are rules about kicking a player on the ground, so notes that AMP was further kicked in the guts when it recently receiv...

Outsider

Don’t rattle the SG can, it might erode the base

Outsider has been around long enough to reflect that when the superannuation guarantee was first established by the then Labor Treasurer, Paul Keating who envisaged it re...

Editorial

Global equities – a sector you can’t afford to ignore

The runs are on the board over the long haul – global equities exposures have rewarded investors over the past decade....

Features

Guiding through the globe

In an ever-connected world, there’s no questioning the logic behind branching out to all corners of the globe, but Chris Dastoor writes, given the depth of options, you’d...