Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....
Mike Taylor writes that recent actions on the part of both ASIC and APRA suggest that the SMSF sector has become too large for any of the regulators to ignore....
New data from Towers Watson has found that its clients have increased their allocation to hedge fund and private market strategies by 70 per cent since 2010, finishing th...
According to Towers Watson, fund managers’ return expectations for US and Australian equity markets are at their lowest since 2008....
Some of the key assumptions about share market investing are deeply flawed and merit robust re-examination, writes Schroders’ Martin Conlon....
LaSalle Investment Management has added to the property portfolio within its LaSalle Australia Core Plus Fund....
Despite signs that markets are recovering, there is still more money sitting in cash than there is in the total capitalisation of the ASX, according to Zenith investment ...
While financial planners accept the reasons they are required to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, there are signs the system needs a review....
Clarence Advisory's Matt Drennan asks whether events in equity markets are, inadvertently or otherwise, paving the way for another asset price bubble....
The context of ‘financial repression’ requires investors in all asset classes to make appropriate strategic adjustments, according to Fidelity's Nick Armet....
On the back of the reliable and above-average dividends offered, Australian real estate investment trusts (REITs) may be an attractive prospect for investors in 2013....
Superannuation body warns of implications flowing from accountants, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and lawyers around SMSFs and property....
Asian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) provide more diversification benefits with stocks than listed real estate companies an Asian Pacific Real Estate Association (...
Craig Mowll says there is no reason to assume Asia's rapid growth over the last few decades would not continue, with GDP for the region expected to double in 20 years....
With the aim of growing its financial planner and mortgage broker network, Australian Capital Home Loans has launched its independent financial planning arm, Australian C...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...