While financial planners accept the reasons they are required to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, there are signs the system needs a review....

Tom Keenan of iShares Australia examines some themes that may affect market outcomes in the year ahead....

It is better to have the ability and the freedom to ignore the short run if you want superior returns, writes Jason Blumberg....

Perpetual's Matthew Sherwood argues it is time for corporate Australia to deliver on the growth expectations that have supported share prices until now....

Clarence Advisory's Matt Drennan asks whether events in equity markets are, inadvertently or otherwise, paving the way for another asset price bubble....

Dr Stephen Nash uses both domestic and international data to argue that equities will not protect investment portfolios if there is a spike in inflation....

The good news for accountants involved in the provision of financial advice is that the APESB started 2013 by extending the time-frames with respect to its APES 230 stand...

Mike Taylor writes that FOFA is already beginning to change the shape and texture of the financial planning industry – something likely to be reflected in a rash of annou...

Some of the biggest companies in the world are based in emerging markets. Perhaps it is time to let go of old-fashioned views and seriously consider this sector, writes J...

Janine Mace looks at a better-than-expected performance of emerging markets, though challenges still remain....

Damon Taylor writes that 2012 has proved to be a particularly busy year for the Australian superannuation industry – and one during which many funds found themselves tryi...