Magellan fund manager Hamish Douglass has increased his allocation to China from 14% a year ago to 25%, via exposure to six stocks....

John McFarlane will be the new chair of the Westpac board while current chair, Lindsay Maxsted, and board member, Anita Fung, will retire....

Clime Investment Management has announced the launch of separately managed account investment portfolios for self-directed investors....

Outsider has been around long enough to remember the day he switched from noisy typewriters to sleek dumb terminals. ...

At the time of market turmoil investors and financial advisers tend to turn to defensive strategies, according to RARE Infrastructure....

Outsider should be feeling a whole lot more relieved after receiving an e-mail from the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, assuring him that while Australia faces economic headw...

The government has looked to increase flexibility in how Australians save as they transition to retirement with draft legislation allowing people aged 65 and 66 to make v...

Outsider understands that Liberal back-bencher, Tim Wilson, has been keeping quite a few industry fund officials busy in his role as chair of the House of Representatives...

Money Management has named five women as finalists for its inaugural Female Portfolio Manager of the Year Award....

As we commence the 2020s, investors need to adjust to a lower yield landscape and understand which investments can help to deliver them positive returns, writes Yoram Lus...

The draft legislation would be able to prevent property spruikers using self-managed superannuation funds in a one-stop shop, the SMSF Association believes....

One of the last remaining vestiges of commission-based remuneration, stamping fees, should be removed, according to the Financial Planning Association....

Much focus is given to accruing enough income for retirement but, writes Michelle Dowling, there is a need to consider clients’ mental health and wellbeing as they move a...

The close economic links between Australia and Asia can be a negative for emerging market investors with Aussie dollars, according to Adam Kibble....

The implementation of design and distribution obligations to the Australian financial services industry will bring with it a range of new challenges but, as Mikkel Bates ...

The financial planning profession is on the cusp of a major growth trajectory as planners and professional associations unite to secure its future, writes Dante De Gori....

Despite three decades of experience in the industry and a Masters degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA), Leigh Anoos couldn’t pa...

The industry has now had four rounds of FASEA exams, but Chris Dastoor writes advisers – particularly those who have passed – are still as confused and unhappy about the ...

Australia’s dob-yourself-in breach reporting is hard now, but things are about to get a lot harder, writes Holley Nethercote’s Paul Derham and Michael Mavromatis....

The Government needs to accept that the Royal Commission did not get everything right and that it needs to put aside its politically expedient rubber-stamp where advice w...