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Superannuation

The gap between industry super funds and the big six retail superannuation funds has significantly shrunk over the past year in terms of customer satisfaction, according ...

Editorial

Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all portfolios be 'overweight' to emerging market equities? If so, overw...

Editorial

This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all po...

Editorial

Robert Keavney agrees that the USA should be stripped of its AAA rating - and wonders whether it could be downgraded further. ...

Editorial

As China transforms itself into a domestic consumption-driven economy, energy and resources-intensive industries will slow. Australian investors need to tilt their equiti...

Editorial

As China transforms itself into a domestic consumption-driven economy, energy and resources-intensive industries will slow. Australian investors need to tilt their equiti...

Financial planning

Australian finance professionals have the highest job satisfaction in the Asia Pacific region, according to a survey conducted by eFinancialCareers....

Life/Risk

Inflows into the life insurance risk market were up 10 per cent overall in the past year, according to Plan For Life data....

Editorial

India is a country with many challenges. It is a democracy of over a billion people, most of whom live in poverty. However, as Shailesh Jain from Lonsec reports, it offer...

Editorial

Stephen Hart outlines a low-risk strategy to double an investor’s money in 10 years....

Editorial

Julie Steed looks at the complexities around the waiving of the five-year claw-back for SMSFs....

Editorial

Col Fullagar takes a look at two income protection policies - one is offered by an industry superannuation fund, while the other comes from a retail fund. While the premi...

Financial planning

Almost half of financial planners have received soft dollar benefits from businesses other than their dealer group, but only 7 per cent were given incentives valued over ...

Financial planning

Suncorp and Perpetual lag in master fund market growth stakes....

Superannuation

Recent SMSF growth highlights the need for more specialised adviser training in the sector, according to Vanguard's Robin Bowerman....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 3 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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