Small businesses should be paid a 10 per cent rebate by superannuation funds to collect superannuation guarantee contributions, according to the small business lobby....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has broken new ground by pursuing a civil case against Westpac as the licensee of a miscreant and now banned adviser....

Westpac has responded to civil charges brought against it by the regulator for poor financial advice by saying that it had already identified and responded to the alleged...

Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission assistant commissioner David Locke has been named as the new chief ombudsman and CEO of the Australian Financial Compl...

Agricultural asset manager Growth Farms Australia has launched a new investment trust, the Australian Agricultural Lease Fund....

A sick child is every parent’s worst nightmare, and although it can’t be prevented, you can help your clients be prepared for it....

As the dust has settled enough on the Federal Budget to allow for reflection on its impact on clients, Damon Frith writes that its implementation depends on a lot of econ...

Graeme Colley looks at the history of regulation on Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements, analysing how the most recent proposed changes will impact superannuation mem...

China’s growth is undeniably appealing to investors. But the steady increase in the quality of its equities suggests that the market’s growing stability and diversity are...

Jonathan Steffanoni looks at how the Productivity Commission’s recent recommendations regarding the superannuation industry highlight the importance of performance and ef...

With the return of volatility across global markets and some investors calling the top of the equity cycle, Christian Obrist and Blair Hannon ask whether now is the time ...

Some people just want to maintain the rage and so Outsider gives a big shout out to former Financial Services Council (FSC) policy wonk and Liberal Party aspirant, Andrew...

Is it a sign of the political times that, so far as Outsider can tell, no one of significant note in the financial services industry received a gong in this year’s Queen’...

Great, indeed, is the man who writes his own history....

Emerging market equities have been letting investors down with less-than-spectacular returns, but is having some EM equity exposure still a sensible strategy? ...

RARE Infrastructure believes there are several long-term investment opportunities within the broader emerging market space....

Are Australian investors growing a conscience? Anastasia Santoreneos writes that the evidence with respect to responsible investments would tend to suggest they are....

As Australians continue to live longer, the need for aged care continues to grow. Hannah Wootton looks at what advice financial planners can offer clients on aged care, w...

The unprecedented nature of the closure of the Dover Financial Services business and resultant limbo status of its clients and advisers must act as a catalyst for change ...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been the frequent subject of demands for greater scrutiny of the regulators themselves. As Hannah Wootton writes,...