Features

Why stock market rises are not a sign of global economic recovery

The stock markets and finance sector generally are talking the talk and walking the walk of success, but should investors be popping the cork? Martin Conlon finds out....

Editorial

Govt's super tax debate has a familiar ring

Mike Taylor writes that it is passing strange that the Government has allowed a debate around the super taxes for upper income earners when it has failed to implement a v...

Editorial

Fund managers facing their own FOFA challenges

Dealer groups are not the only financial services companies being forced to adapt to the new FOFA environment, with Instreet Investment’s George Lucas explaining that fun...

Editorial

Strategies for boosting income from shares

There are more productive ways of gaining income from shares than relying purely on dividends and share price appreciation, writes Drew Corbett....

Editorial

Return to common sense plan at APESB

There would have been many in the Australian accounting community who last week breathed a sigh of relief when they read the documents to be dealt with by the APESB at it...

Editorial

Women in finance - breaking down barriers and stereotypes

While significant progress has been made in achieving gender equality within the financial services industry, Milana Pokrajac and Bela Moore find there is still a long wa...

Editorial

Financial services’ top female executives

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...

Editorial

Will platforms still be effective post-FOFA?

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. ...

Editorial

Are clients getting value for money from investment products?

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

Editorial

Enshrinement of 'financial planner' - an improvement but not a panacea

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

Editorial

Positive signs on the horizon for financial planners

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...