Self-managed super funds: to 2020 and beyond

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, …

How a love for fly-fishing may point the way for global economies

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 …

Libra: Why Facebook’s currency will bring more convenience and more threats

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 …

Judge AMP not by what it says, but by what it does

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 …

CoreData Research announces 2019 Licensees of the Year

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 …

APRA Unintentionally Drives Massive Growth in the Non Bank Sector

One of the best proxies for what is happening in the housing market are the figures from Mortgage Broking Giant AFG – which reveal on a quarterly basis the home …

Harnessing content: three tips to improve your content marketing strategy

The content ‘bug’ has bitten marketers across all businesses: blogs, vlogs, infographics, interactive… content marketing has exploded. The challenge is in getting cut through with your content, making it something …

Developing a sound strategy: Have we lost the art of planning?

Developing a sound strategy: have we lost the art of planning? If you fail to plan, you plan to fail is one of the hackneyed sayings in business, yet many …