Since emerging in the late 1990s, the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector in Australia has shown uninterrupted growth. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), as at 31 March 2019, …
Buried deep in the PhD thesis submitted by Milton Friedman in the late summer of 1940 (note 1) are a couple of jokes, which I really love. The first joke …
To some people, the “whitepaper” and “blockchain” are synonymous with “scam”. But when Facebook, the social network giant with 2.4 billion monthly active users, announced its grand plan of a …
People of a certain age may have experienced a sense of déjà vu as AMP unveiled another transformation strategy last week and vowed – once more – to focus on …
Matrix Planning Solutionshas been named the 2019 Licensee of the Year by CoreData Research. Matrix has also been named Institutionally Affiliated Licensee of the Year, while MLC Advicehas been named Institutionally …
Information. There’s a lot of it and sometimes we don’t know what to do with it all. Each day we sift through huge amounts, trying to determine what we should …
The ability of machines to perform the same tasks as humans through a process of learning from experience, reading qualitative and quantitative data and adjusting to new inputs creates both …
Online mortgage application systems are fast becoming a preferred way for “core-affluent” consumers to compare home-loan options and find loans, a new report by CoreData Research’s Mortgage Intelligence Unit (MIU) …
In an environment where there has never been more information readily available to all, consumers and business decision makers alike must have quicker access than ever before to deep research …
The recent news of the tragic suicides of two high profile individuals, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, is a timely reminder that money can’t buy happiness. It’s also a gentle …
On June 4 and 5 the heads of leading financial planning licensees met in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney for the annual Professional Planner Licensee Summit. It’s fair to …
CoreData Announces The 2018 Australian Licensee Award Winners Changes to adviser loyalty, satisfaction and needs have driven significant swings for some licensee’s in the Annual CoreData Licensee Survey – highlighting …
Rubbish in, rubbish out. The art of asking the right questions My three-year old has just hit the “why” stage. “Where are we going mummy?” To the shops. “Why?” To …
On the face of it, the aged care and financial planning sectors are worlds apart. One is undergoing deregulation while the other is fending off the legislators with a big …
Last Sunday Essendon lost to Melbourne in the AFL and a story to make the media rounds was Brendon Goddard’s on-field spat with a few of his younger teammates. What …
