GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Dominic McCormick looks at investment portfolios for retirees and considers the best ways to minimise stress....

Financial planning

Richard Klipin takes a look at 2010 and the impact it has had on the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

The past 12 months have brought about significant change to the international and local economies, creating a degree of global uncertainty, says Patrick Noble....

Editorial

Ron Bewley considers the direction of interest rates when it comes to investing, and asks: when are the best times to fix or float?...

Financial planning

Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...

Financial planning

Financial planners are ending 2010 in reasonable shape, and while some are feeling uncertain about their prospects for the New Year, many are exercising caution rather th...

Financial planning

Property Investment Databank (IPD) is to launch a set of new property indices, one of which will provide information about how different investment structures behave over...

Financial planning

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

Editorial

Whatever ASIC says about its inaction over the collapse of Storm Financial, the FOFA reforms will not prevent history repeating itself, writes Mike Taylor....

Financial planning

ASIC may have weathered the global financial crisis, but retail investors remain less than impressed....

Funds management

The funds management industry is preparing itself for the next market cycle, with the current mergers and acquisition activity a sign that some are tweaking their busines...

Funds management

Although exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been gaining significant traction ever since the global financial crisis, investors should be fully aware of their capabilities...

Financial planning

Despite a strong rebound this year for the Australian financial services sector, it appears that the industry's employment outlook is not so rosy for the coming year, acc...

Funds management

Most investors are under the misconception that property has outperformed shares over the past 20 years and hold unrealistic views about property investment returns....

Financial planning

Despite failed public/private partnerships and the complexity surrounding Australian infrastructure, Benjamin Levy discovers all is not lost in the sector....

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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...

2 weeks 1 day 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 4 days ago

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

5 days 7 hours ago