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Financial advisers tend to over-estimate the average investor’s knowledge of financial markets – but social media could help to stem this trend, a US study has found....
Funds management
The Commonwealth Bank and HSBC have changed their advertising for certain structured products aimed at retail investors after ASIC deemed them potentially misleading. ...
Editorial
In any investment category there is invariably a broad spectrum of views, many of which are in outright opposition. Nick Armet from Fidelity looks at the behavioural prob...
Editorial
Matt Drennan writes that Australian investors are having to process often contradictory data as they seek to find their way through the investment maze, but that one fact...
Editorial
We may not be as rational as we think in our assessments and reactions to the market, and vivid memories of the recent past may subconsciously distort our judgement. But ...
Financial planning
A securities dealer has volunteered to wind back its operations after an ASIC review found the company had breached conditions of its Australian financial services licenc...
Financial planning
ASIC’s market supervision report reveals the big name players subject to market disciplinary penalties....
Editorial
IOOF points to synergies from DKN and Plan B acquisitions after reporting a 28 per cent profit slide....
Editorial
The world has recently seen a dramatic turnaround in investor sentiment and market performance, but should investors be worried about the cheery consensus? Dominic McCorm...
Editorial
Staying out of growth assets is the biggest mistake financial advice clients make at the moment, according to David Bryant from Australian Unity Investments, who argues r...
Editorial
What happens after 10 per cent growth? The history of emerging market growth shows few economies last the distance, according to Chris Watling....
Funds management
Latest Investment Trends index reveals a spike in investor sentiment, with concern levels hitting a 40-month low....
Editorial
Tom Keenan of iShares Australia examines some themes that may affect market outcomes in the year ahead....
People & Products
Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed Simon O'Connor chief executive following the resignation of long-serving CEO Louise O'Halloran....
Superannuation
The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry has ended the 2012 year on a high, continuing its steep growth trajectory to finish at a record $6.4 billion in funds u...
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Podcast
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...
Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...
How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...