The rising interest rate environment is likely to lead to short-term underperformance for real estate investment trusts, according to Principal Global Investors....

Money Management reviews fund performance over the past month, finding that just 20% of funds were able to make positive returns....

Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones would support changes to the financial adviser exam so that Professional Year advisers could choose to sit an exam ba...

Insignia has lost 31 advisers this week, according to Wealth Data, narrowing the already-small gap between them and AMP Group. ...

As the industry changes come to an end, have they had the desired effect of making the financial advice industry a ‘profession’?...

Interest in Australian property by foreign investors remains strong, according to HLB Mann Judd, despite high tax rates....

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is one of the “world’s best businesses”, according to Forager, and the firm is increasing its weighting while it is out of favo...

Research from Barclays shows the possibility of a minority government occurring following this week’s election, an outcome that would bring risk to Australian markets....

APRA chair, Wayne Byres, says the regulator is eyeing sub-standard superannuation products and practices through a combination of the performance tests, heatmaps and a “m...

Cyber security risk needs to be “front and centre” of advisers’ mind, according to the ASIC, and should not be delegated to an IT department....

Superannuation should not be used as a “piggy bank” to solve the housing crisis, industry experts believe, as the Coalition announces plans to let first-home buyers acces...

A former financial adviser of Tasmania has been charged with 17 offences for falsifying documents to transfer shares. ...

Unlike most of Twitter, Outsider enjoyed Channel Nine’s great debate between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese....

With in-person conferences back in full swing, Outsider is making regular visits to the CBD....

Outsider was pleased to see his dear friend and Money Management colleague becoming an Australian citizen recently and was revved up at the thought of attending the cerem...

The Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into the simplification of financial services legislation is expansive, multi-phased and worthy of unpacking, Liam Cormican...

Alexandra Cain writes that the outcome of the Federal election could have an effect on funding of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort....

There is lots Australia can learn from the United Kingdom’s experience, writes Eric Mellor, including how it can close the advice gap....

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a line of thinking that investing in arms can be ESG if it’s for a good cause, write Victoria MacLean and Claire Jervis....

AXA Investment Managers has unveiled two new funds targeting responsible investing - the AXA IM Global Green Bond fund and AXA IM Clean Economy Equity fund....