APRA and Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggest the Government’s constant tinkering with superannuation is undermining confidence in the sector....

Chris Selth says it is vital investors understand the structural changes taking place and the impact it will have on their portfolio management....

Perpetual’s Matt Sherwood explains why recent central bank stimulus has boosted investor sentiment but not solved any of the world's structural problems. ...

Matt Drennan writes that much of the debate about investment markets and methodologies overlooks the importance of client needs....

The trouble with APES 230 is that it goes much further than FOFA, with a prohibition on commissions and the elimination of asset-based fee arrangements....

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has outlined the draft ground rules on conflicted remuneration and, as Mike Taylor writes, there are inevitable impac...

Can the slower pace of Chinese economic growth diminish the appeal of Asian equities for Australian investors?...

How to best approach Asian equities? Janine Mace finds most experts recommend active investing, rather than taking whatever the index 'serves up'....

While FOFA and a number of other factors have seen many planners moving under the umbrellas of the major banks and institutions, the independent financial advice sector i...

Select Asset Management's Dominic McCormick suspects the recent decline in currency volatility is the calm before a much bigger storm – with significant implications for ...