While Outsider has been closely watching the daily numbers of COVID-19 cases spreading across the east coast, he finds it very confusing and struggles to figure out what ...
If there was a gold medal for advertising in the Olympics, Outsider believes Aware Super would take out the gold medal spot....
With climate change coming to the forefront, writes Katherine Neiss, there can be a role for central banks to utilise it in their monetary policy. ...
Companies are sitting with excess cash on their balance sheets following the pandemic, writes Catherine Allfrey, so they will have to work out how best to put this to use...
After one of the strongest quarters on record for global small caps, writes Trevor Gurwich, what does the new financial year hold for the sector?...
With the outlook still uncertain for retail and office sectors, Oksana Patron explores where fund managers are finding their alternative property exposure....
Running a financial advice practice has never been harder, Jassmyn Goh writes, and advisers must find efficiencies and restructure their revenue sources to deliver their ...
With a significant generational wealth transfer on the horizon, wealth managers and financial advisers will have to adapt their business models to take advantage, writes ...
Compliance and regulation have been touted as the biggest reasons for the increase in advice costs and the Government needs to hold the bodies responsible accountable for...
Industry Super Australia say changes on the performance test is a backflip by the Government, while AMP praised the move as they believe funds will be judged on their cur...
First Sentier Investors has announced the launch of the Responsible Listed Infrastructure fund to Australian institutional and wholesale investors....
The Your Future, Your Super regulation will finally make the much-debated stapling measurements a “reality” for members and encourage competitiveness between superannuati...
While the September quarter will see negative growth, the Reserve Bank of Australia believes it is “unlikely” to see two negative growth quarters as people get vaccinated...
The Government will seek feedback on when the corporate regulation must convene a Financial Services and Credit Panel and the type of sanctions to include on the financia...
One-in-four advice firms are using 15 different advice technology tools, presenting an opportunity to consolidate to improve the client digital experience, especially for...
Already having difficulties accessing advice, stapling could add to the challenges younger generations face in getting the right financial products....
Insurance profit after tax saw 42.4% growth during FY20 as it exited underperforming products while its wealth business was sold to LGIAsuper....
After previously trying to depart last year, Melos Sulicich, chief executive of MyState Bank will be leaving at the end of the year....
The sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services sees the bank’s exit manufacturing life insurance products and would release capital back to the bank. ...
Ben Hillier has been appointed as general manager – retirement solutions and will lead AMP’s development of financial solutions across the AMP Australia business....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...