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Advice tech shakeout predicted for 2022

The last two years have been a near-perfect storm of activity for many financial advisers. The onset of the pandemic placed significant pressure on advisers to...

Dixon Advisory files for voluntary administration

On Wednesday, Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services, the division of ASX-listed E&P Financial Group (ASX:EP1) that was focused on delivering...

Time to take a stand on punitive financial advice compliance

Dissatisfied with the way in which financial advisers are being treated, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has taken a...

Mental health: enough awareness; action needed

Thanks in part to the pandemic, employers now have sufficient awareness of mental health problems in the workforce, their human and economic costs. Now is the...

Labor to scrap FASEA education requirement

“An Albanese Labor government will properly recognise your experience,” were the words of Labor spokesman Stephen Jones this week when presenting...

ASIC launches financial advice hub

These days, becoming a financial adviser is no easy feat. Following the banking and financial services Royal Commission, the bar was raised, with higher...

Short-term market focus hurting long-term innovation

Australian Ethical’s Master Class session, hosted by The Inside Network, was titled “Investing for a better world.” It brought together...

As adviser numbers dwindle, pressure turns to industry funds

As the FASEA exam deadline of 1 January 2022 nears, the significant impacts on the financial advice industry continue to garner headlines. According to...

ALRC seeks to reduce 'undue complexity' in financial services laws

“Undue complexity”. “Byzantine complexity”. “Elephantine proportions”. These are just a few of the superlatives used to...

Why we don't build our portfolio on macro forecasts

To many people, a portfolio manager who says he doesn’t care about what happens to inflation, Sino-US relations or even the world economy may seem...

Optimism will always win in the digital economy

Financial advisers can’t be faulted for feeling pessimistic about the future as another year comes to an end. The last few years have seen the advisery...

Factors come to the fore amid volatility

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated market sell-off became an unexpected testing ground for many of the more recent advancements in financial markets and...

Industry fund transparency push to level the playing field

There was both despair and positivity when the much-anticipated changes to the transparency of industry super fund proposals was released recently. Both 2020...

Thinking forward - Virtual reality and the metaverse

Komatsu Australia, the local arm of the global manufacturer and distributor of earthmoving equipment, has taken a step into the future by embracing virtual...