In Practice

The question, in my view, isn’t what is affordable. It’s this: what price should we be willing to pay for long-term financial security?

Advisers are spending more on technology and using more platforms than ever, but satisfaction levels are on the wane according to Investment Trends.

For wealth businesses to thrive the emerging affluent cohort is a savvy way to future-proof healthy client books. But building trust is a key component to making the relationships work.

As romantic as it may be to proclaim the emergence of an advice profession and to suggest that a ‘good advice’ duty is a panacea for systemic failures, the retreat of institutional licensees from advice is not necessarily evidence of our capacity for self-regulation.

Findings from the 2022 Adviser Technology Needs Report highlight the need for a better investment platform system

The global ETF and would-be superannuation fund provider believes a scaled compliance model would better serve the domestic advice market.

Bill Prendergast discusses the role of fixed income and its role in portfolios today.

As a financial adviser, making the right decisions matters. Not just for your client’s investment returns but for your confidence as well.

Specialist self-managed super fund advisers need to tread cautiously before giving a client “wholesale investor” status.

The fact that just 281 complaints were lodged about ‘failure to act in client’s best interests’ and 241 for the providing “inappropriate advice’, shows the legislative changes may well be having a positive impact on the industry. 

Advancing technologies, the explosion of ‘big data’ and greater regulation are changing the shape of financial advisers in the investment industry,

. Whether it was renewable energy, carbon or cryptocurrency, investors of all types are naturally optimistic, often seeking to allocate capital to the sectors and businesses that are building towards the future.