Volatility has returned to the stock market and it should be regarded as a yellow flag for the investment cycle, according to Brandywine Global....

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have quadrupled their investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last five years, according to Class....

Mindy Ding looks at how to navigate the maze of regulation that covers leaving superannuation to beneficiaries as part of an estate and explores relevant issues regarding...

Mike Taylor writes that for the major financial planning organisations the future resides in looking beyond the Royal Commission and reaping the benefits which flow from ...

The manipulation of youth bank accounts by CBA staff shows that the dominant culture within Australian banks is rotten and must be overhauled, according to the Finance Se...

Geoff Rimmer looks at the future of the vertically integrated model, regulation, the dealer group model and dealer Australian Financial Services Licences models in the wa...

Paying attention to the MSCI ESG Leaders Index could help those looking for socially conscious investments avoid companies such as Facebook, even before public light is s...

With Elder Abuse becoming increasingly common, Gil Gordon looks at how advisers can assess legal capacity and ensure they are both giving and recording appropriate advice...

A number of the recommendations likely to flow from the Royal Commission will be viewed as unfair but the financial planning industry will need to be pragmatic if it is t...

The Australian Workers Union has alleged ulterior motives in a Financial Services Council call to allow the big life insurers to get injured workers back to work sooner....

With an ageing population, increasing longevity and policy reform making superannuation a less suitable tool for leaving wealth, Hannah Wootton looks at what structures p...

With a growing number of active exchange-traded funds on the market, managers discuss what it means for financial planners and how it can affect traditional models of por...

In an attempt to differentiate itself among the other four class actions already launched against AMP, Slater and Gordon has announced that it offers the best value to cl...

While global dividends reached record levels in the first quarter Australia is lagging, according to Janus Henderson....

Diversification and narrowing the range of possible investment outcomes is of paramount importance in the post-retirement environment, according to Insight Investment’s A...

Australian insurtechs don’t believe industry incumbents are embracing start-up innovation fast enough, according to a new report....

The prices of cryptocurrencies are driven not by any economic factors but purely by the mood swings of investors, according to the Warwick Business School....

MLC Life Insurance has told a Parliamentary Joint Committee that life insurers should be allowed to contribute more to worker rehabilitation, albeit with clear limitation...

New data confirms that the loss of grandfathered commissions hardly compares with the impact of planners losing life/risk commissions....

The Financial Planning Association has acknowledged that obtaining and then maintaining financial planner code-monitoring status represents a substantial and expensive ch...