Gains in adviser numbers, counting year-to-date, are still lower than the losses at the licensee level, according to analysis from HFS Consulting....
The chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has temporarily returned to his role heading up the regulator but only after retaining the services o...
Australians rated as “thriving” by Financial Mindfulness’ Financial Stress Index which has increased after sliding during the COVID-19 pandemic....
The AB Managed Volatility Equities fund from AllianceBernstein will begin trading on the Chi-X Australia platform....
Cryptocurrency “dovetails” with the goals of self-managed superannuation funds and aligns with the investment strategies, according to Cointree, but hurdles remain in adv...
Recent legislative efforts in both the financial planning and superannuation spheres point to a Government too ready to leave too much policy detail to the regulators....
Ausbil’s Mark Knight writes that amid all the recent talk on the rise of passive investment strategies, their active counterparts have been steadily compounding outperfor...
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for technological change in the industry but, Chris Dastoor writes, a major issue remains in how technology can address the accessibility of ...
While alternative strategies can provide protection during down markets, advisers are still hesitant as they feel the perception of risk and illiquidity overshadow the be...
Col Fullager examines examples of poor insurer conduct and how the firms could have behaved better towards the client....
Their assets may be increasing but the number of Australia’s superannuation funds is falling and creating ‘mega funds’. Now, they need that scale to work in their favour,...
Positive trends are arising from COVID-19, writes Adam Grotzinger, which create mispriced opportunities in corporate bonds....
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?...