Applied Financial Planning  ALLISON DUMMETT | FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017 The role of the traditional financial adviser is increasingly being performed cheaply by industry super funds and automated advice services. Read more Investment  ANDREW GREENUP | 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 infrastructure as an asset class since the 1990s, the idea of investing in infrastructure via listed securities ... Read more  ASHISH TIWARI , BRAD GUYNN | 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 well-known sources of excess return potential - such as value, carry and momentum. Read more  JAMES SMITH | THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017 Active Versus Passive Funds Read more  KIERAN QUAINE | 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 and his team use to outperform. Read more Ethics & Governance  Technology  HUB24 PTY LTD | 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 manage their money and their wealth. From the advent of online share trading in the mid-1990s, to the ... Read more  JEROEN VAN OERLE , PATRICK LEMMENS | 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 finally be consulted on their finances, at lower costs and increased transparency. On the other hand ... Read more Insurance  STUART SHEARY | 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 eligible beneficiaries from super upon death. Read more |
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NCAs unlikely to solve retirement advice gap: HUB24, CFS
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Advised cover faces claims data test
Group superannuation insurance appears to outperform individual advised cover on some claim's measures, raising questions about the value of advice when it comes to protecting clients against disability.
ASIC stalls Sequoia bid to ditch cross guarantee deed
ASIC is again putting up roadblocks to Sequoia Financial Group's attempt to revoke the deed of cross guarantee with InterPrac Financial Planning, asking more questions and requesting more information before the group rids itself of all liabilities arising from the Shield and First Guardian disaster.
Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick
Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.
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SACHA BURCHGART
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
BURCHEART PTY LTD
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
BURCHEART PTY LTD
Though she initially tried, Sacha Burchgart couldn't escape the call of a career in financial advice; it just took staring down her own mortality to see what's possible when you do things differently. Jamie Williamson writes.
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How technology is turning tax complexity into client clarity
What used to be a relatively simple back-of-the-envelope calculation is now much more challenging, Morningstar says.
Why Australia's financial advisers will be more valuable in 10 years, not less
Despite a rise of innovative solutions across the wealth management sector, financial advisers will prove valuable for in-person advice.
What America's $1 trillion direct indexing boom tells us about the evolution of MAs
What Australia can learn from direct indexing, a tax-efficient form of managed accounts utilised in the US.
Stonepoint is another lesson in fund governance and investor protection
The demise of the Stonepoint Capital Fund may have gone under the radar for many, but proves an important point for independent governance when examined.
