In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....

Following a number of recent liquidity issues, platforms have found themselves in new territory....

It says something about the health of the Australian financial planning industry that Money Management’s 2009 Top 100 Dealer Groups survey has revealed that despite the i...

Dispensations granted to superannuation funds with respect to intra-fund advice are what many had hoped for but they carry the risk of reputational damage if things go wr...

WHEN Money Management recently reported that recruitment agencies were advertising non-existent roles, it raised a broader issue of what constitutes acceptable and ethica...

The focus on fee levels in financial services and investment risks missing the structural flaws and distorting incentives that are also troubling these industries....

Many investors have seen their core beliefs turned upside down in the past year. Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates discusses at this year's Portfolio Construction Confere...

Robert Keavney considers the green shoots debate and concludes the economic situation is clearly unclear....

Upturn in funds under management or advice through the final quarter of 2008-09 prompts Plan B to confirm its profit guidance....

Recent market volatility highlights the need for consistent client advice, writes Shane Pinkerton....

It ought come as no surprise to most Australian financial planners that they have an image problem and that they represent an easy target for what was once known as the ‘...