Central banks are using unprecedented levels of stimulus to support the economy, writes Kerry Craig, leaving investors with expensive bond prices and record low interest ...
A fund may describe itself as ‘sustainable’, writes Richard Montgomery, but how can you be sure its actions in investment are more than just a label?...
With the Budget postponed until October, the economic stimulus measures implemented for COVID-19 mean advisers have to contend with a whole new world, writes Jeff Scott....
Outsider knows that there a certain number of financial advisers who like nothing better than sticking the boot into the Financial Planning Association and the Associatio...
Outsider was delighted to read the news that, finally, the Commonwealth Bank had found an outfit with the will and the pockets deep enough to take on Colonial First State...
Outsider is sure he was not the only one who scratched his head in confusion when Elon Musk announced his newborn son would be named X Æ A-12. ...
With the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework just around the corner, the last thing life/risk advisers need is criti...
Mike Taylor writes that timing is everything and that while Westpac and ANZ have largely cleared their books of their wealth management businesses, the Commonwealth Bank ...
Laura Dew writes that emergency rate cut by central banks worldwide will create a tough environment for global bonds funds in the future....
Self-managed superannuation funds have been weathering the COVID-19 storm, writes Mike Taylor, but should be alert to the price they may be asked to pay as part of the re...
The increase in home and remote working in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be a benefit to women in the workplace if the policies are implemented long-ter...
Winston Churchill proclaimed ‘never waste a good crisis’ and the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an unprecedented opportunity for the industry to test this theory, writes ...
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...