While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

How much can platforms really help? Patrick Jackson questions the ability of platforms to create efficiencies in tackling the wave of regulatory changes coming our way. ...

Many investors are paying active fees and ending up with index-like returns, writes Jonathan Ramsay....

The Government’s introduction of the legislation necessary to enshrine the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ coincided with the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, r...

Australian financial planners have faced some of their most troubling years, but Vanguard’s Michael Lovett suggests a bright outlook is beginning to emerge – something wh...

International experts have warned home bias could prove detrimental to Aussie investors, reports Janine Mace....

A pendulum has to swing both ways before returning to a centred equilibrium. Does this mean the next few months will see calm world markets? Fidelity’s Betty Ng writes....

With term deposit rates falling and bond yields at historic lows, investors are finally ready to listen. Janine Mace reports things are looking good for the Australian eq...

ING DIRECT has posted a decrease in profits for 2012 despite strong growth in its low-cost superannuation product....

“If you don’t think financial advice on life insurance is a problem area for ASIC and for industry, please think again.” ...

With the Australian Securities and Investments Commission having fired a shot over the bows of the industry on the question of churn, the Risk Store’s Sue Laing argues th...