The risk of including fixed interest in portfolios when interest rates are set to rise can be managed and even present an opportunity for advisers, Bill Bovingdon writes....
Sean McCormack asks if it is still worth holding total and permanent disability insurance (TPD) in super given the impact Stronger Super changes have had on TPD cover ins...
Jason Spits writes that both aligned and non-aligned groups are reporting milder changes in their numbers than those seen in the past....
AMP and the big four control even less of the wider market than first revealed by Money Management and far short of the 80 per cent ownership figure often spoken about in...
Service providers are an essential part of the financial planning sector and, as Jason Spits writes, while advisers may recommended diversification in a portfolio they ap...
Moves to assess the landscape of financial planning should be lauded but, as Jason Spits writes, there needs to be more clarity as to who should populate that landscape....
It is no longer about whether investors are comfortable with investing in China but about how they actively manage their exposures to make use of Chinese reforms going fo...
Deirdre Wroth explores whether super contribution splitting can help bridge the gap in super balances between men and women....
Mike Taylor writes that the reporting of breaches needs to be accepted as not only a legal obligation but part and parcel of running a financial services company. ...
Those pursuing a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry need to stop spinning and get their facts straight....
William Truong looks at how the Federal Government’s changes to Centrelink’s asset testing from 1 January 2017 will impact clients looking at a Centrelink allowance....
Given that roughly one billion people will be 65 or older in East Asia by 2050, Australian banks need to revamp their services, Juan Pedro Moreno and Greg Carroll write....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...