Mike Taylor writes that the drive for higher educational standards for financial planners has served to regenerate criticism of those people who were grandfathered into t...
Money Management’s 2014 Top 100 Dealer Group research has revealed an industry which has changed substantially since 2007/08 and might be on the cusp of further change. ...
Current speculation about Asian markets provides little direction for prospective investors. Instead, they should adopt a long-term outlook, based on structural reforms, ...
The financial planning industry has undergone some momentous changes in the last few years and it’s critical the planners respond to the changing environment at the same ...
Mike Taylor writes that the financial planning industry must lobby the Palmer United Party to defend hard-won FOFA gains. ...
The misdeeds which occurred within Commonwealth Financial Planning have become a stalking horse for those seeking to prevent any amendments to FOFA....
While simplicity in the multi-fund sector is widely regarded a thing of the past, the fundamental investment principles that guided the success of multi-funds still apply...
Andy Schmulow argues that the controvesy surrounding ASIC and its handling of the Commonwealth Bank have seriously damaged the financial planning industry and left few pe...
Long-held skepticism about the performance of ethical funds appears to be unfounded. Why then, are the funds still slow to gain traction, asks Nicholas O’Donoghue....
As scathing as the Senate Committee’s report into ASIC’s handling of the Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking may have been, the answer does not lie in...
Central banks have enjoyed an extended period of almost unquestioned power, perhaps because there is no reasonable alternative, Dominic McCormick writes....
The Government may have moved to “rebalance” FOFA, but bipartisanship remains a forlorn hope....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...