FS Advice - Volume 12 Number 3

Volume 12 Issue 3

Ethics & Governance

Expanding Australian regulatory reporting

ABRAHAM TEO | Comments | FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017

1. Introduction The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) are making a significant number of ... Read more

Investment

Global listed infrastructure: past, present, future

ANDREW GREENUP | Comments | THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017

The past decade has witnessed the birth of a new asset class: Global Listed Infrastructure Securities (GLIS). While investors have embraced ... Read more

Investing in alternative risk premia

ASHISH TIWARI , BRAD GUYNN | Comments | FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017

In pursuit of returns and diversification, growing numbers of investors are turning to alternative risk premia (ARP) strategies, which offer access to ... Read more

The rise of passive investing

JAMES SMITH | Comments | THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017

Active Versus Passive Funds At various times in investment cycles the familiar theme of active management versus passive management gains the ... Read more

Emerging value and margin of superiority

BEN INKER | Comments | FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017

Long-time GMO clients have become accustomed to a certain kind of behavior from our asset allocation portfolios. If they are reading stories about how ... Read more

A fixed income portfolio manager's perspective on 'yield enhancement'

KIERAN QUAINE | Comments | THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017

Kieran Quaine, Head of FIIG's Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) answers frequently asked questions, candidly discussing the strategies that he ... Read more

Insurance

Super reform: implications for holding life cover through super

STUART SHEARY | Comments | FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017

The recent super reform changes makes it an opportune time to revisit how life cover in super should be funded as well as how it should be paid to ... Read more

Technology

The modern face of advice

HUB24 PTY LTD | Comments | FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017

In a world where technology is reshaping the way we live, it was always a question of when, not if, digital innovation would change the way consumers ... Read more

Robo-advice: do you get what you pay for?

JEROEN VAN OERLE , PATRICK LEMMENS | Comments | FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017

Robo-advice is a hotly debated topic in the fintech space. On the one hand it has opened up the low-wealth market, that was previously unservable, to ... Read more

Applied Financial Planning

How to thrive in the new advice world

EMILY DUMMETT | Comments | FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017

The role of the traditional financial adviser is increasingly being performed cheaply by industry super funds and automated advice services. Time is ... Read more

Latest News


FPA, AFA partner on life insurance KANIKA SOOD The key financial advice associations have teamed up for a life insurance taskforce as the industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021.	Approved diplomas, bridging courses confirmed JAMIE WILLIAMSON The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority announced the first raft of current and historical graduate diplomas and bridging courses to be approved by the body.

DomaCom launches senior equity release product ELIZABETH MCARTHUR The ASX-listed investment platform has released a first of its kind senior equity release product for Australia, targeting financial advisers working with clients over 60.	CBA sells advice dealer group JAMIE WILLIAMSON Commonwealth Bank is offloading Count Financial to CountPlus for $2.5 million.

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More than life

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From car yards to camper trailers, Jodie Douglas' journey to successful financial advice practice owner is like no other. Jamie Williamson writes.

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John Dyall

Head of Investment Research

FS Advice

How to really defend your portfolio

No-one in their right mind would invest purely in a single asset class. Most people are invested in what is called a "balanced" portfolio that contains ...

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Mervin Reed

Director

FS Advice

The life insurance industry in Australia is in trouble

The Royal Commission's recommendation that life insurance sales should not be rewarded with a commission or a payment from the product provider to the ...

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John Moran

Partner

FS Advice

From sales culture to profession: What the final report means for the financial advice industry

For financial advisers the winds of change were blowing prior to the establishment of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation ...

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Chris Chow

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FS Advice

Give an inch, take a mile

What have we learned from the final report of the Royal Commission (RC) handed down by Justice Kenneth Hayne? Before the Royal Commission, much of the ...

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