GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Brazil, Russia, India and China formed a block of countries that returned well to their investors over the past decade. Tom Stevenson tries to predict which countries cou...

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Superannuation

The writing is on the wall that more responsibility will fall on individuals to fund their own retirement. The need for better post-retirement solutions to deal with long...

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Editorial

Dr Ron Bewley explains what volatility means, and whether reports of 'volatile markets' in the past couple of years have been accurate....

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Financial planning

Financial planning roles have increased 17 per cent year-on-year, showing stronger demand for financial planning staff as firms continue to recover from the GFC....

Financial planning

With increased volatility, there have been many changes in the dealer group space, both in terms of adviser numbers and funds under advice. Angela Welsh reports on events...

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Financial planning

Exposure to infrastructure and unlisted assets has been a vital performance differentiator between industry and retail superannuation funds, according to the ISN. ...

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Financial planning

Mid-tier dealer groups have turned in a mixed performance over the last 12 months as some grew faster than the more established players in the market, while others have l...

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Editorial

Many investors are bullish about China’s growth prospects, but over-investment in unproductive asset classes by the Chinese authorities should be ringing alarm bells, wri...

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Financial planning

After a major off-market buyback during the global financial crisis, Premium Investors has proved its returns are back on track by providing investors with a final divide...

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Superannuation

The median growth superannuation fund recorded a 9.2 per cent return last financial year, with industry funds finishing just a nose in front....

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Policy & Regulation

There are growing concerns FOFA will drive away financial planning clients and place mid-tier firms at risk. This and more in the latest digital edition of Money Manageme...

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Financial planning

PortfolioConstruction Forum asks the major funds research houses for an update on the state of the market and their most recent projects....

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Editorial

PortfolioConstruction Forum asks the major funds research houses for an update on the state of the market and their most recent projects....

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Editorial

This month, PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: What, in your firm’s view, is one of the big challenges facing the Australian funds research industry a...

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Financial planning

As the financial services sector braces for major change flagged by the Federal Government more than a year ago, companies within the industry are becoming increasingly v...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

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

3 months 2 weeks ago

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

5 months 2 weeks ago

A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

4 weeks ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

2 weeks 6 days ago

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

2 days 13 hours ago