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Mark Arnold and Jason Orthman look at conviction investment and the importance of portfolio construction in generating long-term alpha....

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The latest Investment Trends Planner Technology Report suggests that platform providers and planning software firms will need to collaborate to adequately meet financial ...

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Julian Morrison explores how focusing on valuing individual businesses and investing when they are undervalued could lead to better results than sticking to the tradition...

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Christian Obrist discusses why bond exchange-traded funds are so popular and why financial advisers and investors should consider incorporating them into investment portf...

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Graeme Colley looks out how $10,000 savings can be fully maximised from a tax perspective when used to bolster a couple’s superannuation savings....

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Stuart Fechner writes that the benefits of passive versus active investing depend on the objectives and purposes of the investor, and advisers can help clients work out w...

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Debbie Kennedy writes that trust is at the core of most consumers’ purchasing decisions regarding life insurance, and that underwriting that takes this into account could...

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With artificial intelligence a phrase on everyone’s lips, Andrew Martin looks at why humans and machines together are greater than either alone....

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Emma Pringle writes that sustainable investments not only have a ‘feel good’ advantage, but also can offer risk-adjusted returns across most asset classes that are compar...

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Jan Sytze Mosselaar writes that, despite the recent popularity of index investing, there are many issues with relying on index strategies in place of active low volatilit...

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Mark Arnold and Jason Orthman explain why some luxury goods companies (and not others) have managed to parlay brand equity into sustainable long-term profits and market s...

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Investors cannot rely on bonds for portfolio diversification in light of the changes the global bond market has undergone in the last ten years, and need to look at other...

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Col Fullagar tells five short stories that may be suitable as bedtime reading for those interested or involved in the Royal Commission....

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Geoff Rimmer looks at the future of the vertically integrated model, regulation, the dealer group model and dealer Australian Financial Services Licences models in the wa...

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Paying attention to the MSCI ESG Leaders Index could help those looking for socially conscious investments avoid companies such as Facebook, even before public light is s...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks ago

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...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 6 days ago