In the wake of recent corporate scandals and the global financial crisis, Ray Griffin asks whether the label ‘financial planner’ has become a burden to the industry....

Doug Turek describes how bonds can be used as an easy-to-drive vehicle to a successful retirement....

The ability to manage increases in insurance premiums is an often overlooked but vital skill for risk insurance advisers, writes Col Fullagar....

With lofty ambitions and relative confidence, many Generation Y investors are ready to buy into the housing market, writes Kristy Sheppard. ...

It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...

The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...

Trust profit takes hit but company positions for further growth....

Will the policy tide turn against commissions? Michael Mathieson considers the future prospects for remuneration in the industry....

Stuart Fechner translates the persistently complex language of investment....

Recent events in global markets have highlighted how investor confidence, emotions and psychology can play a vital role in driving market upturns and downturns....

Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....