Outsider wishes Linda Elkins well as she moves from her role as executive general manager at Colonial First State (CFS) to her new gig as National Sector Leader for Asset...

In one of the most-publicised gaffes before the Royal Commission, the former Colonial First State executive, Linda Elkins, agreed with counsel that the Commonwealth Bank ...

Even the frequent critics of financial advisers should acknowledge that their calls for an extension to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam timetabl...

Emerging markets are growing in popularity and those in the Asia Pacific ex Japan sector, and in India in particular, have a lot to offer investors, Laura Dew writes. ...

Paragem’s Nathan Jacobsen argues that financial advice practices impacted by factors such as the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime and the conse...

Arian Neiron writes that a combination of high fees and underperformance means that Australian equity managers are due to be disrupted, and that smart beta could be how t...

The growth of emerging markets has taken off and looks set to continue its upward trajectory. For those looking to identify reliable investment options in the asset class...

Alternatives present a broad spectrum of assets available to investors. With such a wide variety to choose from, Laura Dew looks at how investors can determine which are ...

As future retirees weigh up their options on how to best distribute their post-retirement income, Chris Dastoor finds that annuities offer part of a greater option to mai...

As a student of history, Outsider knows that the 1920s and 1930s bred a particular type of national leader – the fascist - and he notes global media coverage suggesting t...

There was Outsider thinking that Royal Commissions and other factors had brought down the curtain on significant offshore conferences in the financial planning industry, ...