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 …
When the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were introduced in 2013, the officially pronounced aim was to “improve the trust and confidence of Australian retail investors in the financial services …
If you are running a business – micro or small, medium or large – or if you are looking for work, read on; otherwise, this isn’t for you and there …
The population of Chinese mainland high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) has increased dramatically over the past decade. According to a global wealth report issued by Knight Frank in 2018, the number of Chinese …
The idea of nothing has an interesting history in mathematics, and there’s even a theory that the Catholic Church tried to outlaw the concept of zero because the idea of …
Australia’s robo-advice sector continues to battle a lack of awareness among consumers and has struggled to gain a foothold in the Australian investor market. Some early entrants to the market …
Australia’s ageing population is one of the biggest challenges facing the country in the next 20 years. In its second background paper published in May, the Royal Commission into Aged …
A blog published last weekclaimed that almost a third of Australians would be happy to receive financial advice from a robot. According to the blog’s author, futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson, the study showed that …
The government recently dismantled a final argument in defence of grandfathered conflicted remuneration when it released regulations providing that from January 1, 2021, conflicted payments can no longer be made …
Freedom of choiceIs what you gotFreedom from choiceIs what you want In ancient Rome there was a poemAbout a dog who found two bonesHe picked at one he licked the otherHe …
Over the past few months, both the Superannuation Productivity Commission and the Financial Services Royal Commission have recommended changes to the default super system. If implemented, the changes will weaken …
There’s one thing we can be sure of as the financial advice industry professionalises and realigns to deliver services in the best interests of consumers: the cost to financial advisers …
