GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

The GFC never ended, and the bill for a quarter century of profligacy may be due, Robert Keavney argues....

Funds management

ETFs touted as assisting advisers pursuing an active management approach....

Financial planning

CommSec dominates the online trading market as recent volatility fails to dampen demand....

Funds management

A trend towards low performance hurdles and high outperformance fees among fund managers has drawn criticism from ratings houses amid suggestions there should be an indus...

Financial planning

Fixed interest rates are sitting significantly below variable rates as lenders prepare for a cut in the official cash rate amid continuing global economic uncertainty....

Superannuation

New AMP Capital Investors research suggests Australia's savings ratio will continue to rise amid concerns about retirement incomes adequacy....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds with heavy equity exposures have suffered most in the July and August market volatility....

Superannuation

The most recent market volatility has caused investors to return to term deposits....

Superannuation

The slide in super returns to start the financial year is reminiscent of the GFC....

Financial planning

ANZ turns in a solid quarter, helped by an increased contribution from its wealth management division....

Financial planning

Financial planners have already started to focus on costs as a result of the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms package, which could significantly boost the appe...

Financial planning

The index fund space, while staying strong through market volatility, has been busy developing new and exotic products. Janine Mace takes a closer look at the sector, its...

Financial planning

Institutions desperate to meet profit expectations in the face of lost legacy business are desperate to snap up increased distribution, artificially elevating financial p...

Editorial

If Australian financial planner sentiment is to follow the patterns of the past decade, the global markets meltdown experienced in the opening days of August is likely to...

Financial planning

Financial planning practices looking to expand are finding it increasingly difficult to source funding, as banks tighten their lending criteria amid economic and regulato...

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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 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week 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 6 days ago

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

3 weeks 2 days ago

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

3 days 17 hours ago