FINANCIAL CRISIS
Financial planning
The threat of regulatory change has outranked cyber crime and PR disasters as the greatest risk to the financial services industry, a survey shows. ...
Editorial
The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....
Financial planning
Over 55s have finally recovered from the post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC) malaise that prevented them from retiring, an SMSF adviser says. ...
Financial planning
A new ABS survey reveals that while recent retirees are still exiting the workforce at around 60, future retirees are expecting to retire after 65....
Life/Risk
Disparities between the premiums on inforce and new risk products causing problems....
Editorial
Brandywine’s Francis Scotland tells Mike Taylor that a continuing hang-over from the GFC may lead negative investors to miss the growth train in 2014....
Editorial
David Urquhart explains why Asia has under-performed this year – but also why the outlook for Asian stocks is strong....
Editorial
Investing in hedge funds is one of the more polarising topics in the investment world. There are strongly-held views at each end of the spectrum, with little in-between, ...
Funds management
A group of local and international investors have praised the current environment as optimal for retail investment in alternatives. ...
Financial planning
New research suggests one in four financial services firms running core systems on legacy technology....
Editorial
Too much money chasing too much risk for too little ultimate return? Or a reasonable response to an unprecedented situation? Olivia Albrecht, Michael Story and John Valtw...
Editorial
When confronting new challenges, it’s all too easy to impose an overly simplistic narrative solution based on past experience, as Nick Armet writes. ...
Financial planning
Planner sentiment has taken a dive over the last three months and there is more than one reason for it, according to Wealth Insights....
Financial planning
The ABA has asked the Federal Government to consider the new bank levy as part of a broader inquiry into Australia’s financial services sector, or do away with it entirel...
Funds management
The review of the managed discretionary account (MDA) sector being undertaken by ASIC is likely to result in a reduction of MDA operators — with only the largest able to ...
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...