With negative market sentiment and volatility in China, emerging markets appear to have a rocky road ahead. But that doesn’t mean they’re not up for the challenge, writes...

If applied systematically, derivatives can deliver a consistent return outcome. However, client confusion and operational risks can add complexity to the process, as Rudi...

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC is right to pursue managers with just as much vigour as it pursues financial planners when things go wrong. ...

Retail advisers have traditionally shied away from alternative investments, but an upswing in the market could see them become a hot ticket option in 2014, particularly f...

It would be very easy to have read the announcement by the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, that he was pausing the FOFA change process as some sort of a vi...

Mike Taylor writes that planners and the Government need to reflect upon how they were once again outflanked by the industry funds in the battle for the hearts and minds ...

Rudi Minbatiwala looks at the challenges of objectives-based strategies and the drawbacks associated with the simplifications of the risk concept....

Rudi Minbatiwala explores the challenges of balancing long-term capital preservation with immediate income needs....

For investors looking for a consistent income stream that grows over time, global equity income has the fundamentals covered, writes Stephen Thornber. ...

An easy line of spin is being peddled on the antecedents and consequences of the Government’s FOFA amendments. But any examination of financial services history shows the...

If financial planners were given a choice between the model underpinning the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and that underpinning the Financial Ombudsman Service, wha...