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AI tools could help you to learn more about investing in shares and other financial markets – but it’s not a perfect solution.
Five years ago, Australia had 28,000 financial advisers. Today there are 16,000. So where can you get financial advice? A new report offers a good answer – and it’s something I used to argue against.
On Friday the government will receive a report likely to recommend a requirement for advice in a client’s “best interests” be replaced with a requirement to give mere “good advice”.
Lowering education standards for financial adviser will do nothing to give the community more confidence in the industry.
As a former financial counsellor and former consumer credit educator for ASIC, here’s what I think you need to know if you’re considering mortgage deferral, rent relief or bankruptcy.
The unintended loophole allows some people to keep their income and cut the tax rate on some of it to 15%.
Recent experimental results suggest that distortions in the perception of wealth are linked to fast, inattentive thinking.
The system brought in by the government to advise retirees since the 2015 reforms may actually be making things worse.
Research suggests that the reason people may put off funding their 401(k) plans or managing credit card debt is because our perception of finance as ‘cold’ conflicts with our hot-blooded emotions.
While codes of conduct in banking may help, the tsunami of financial regulation over the past few decades has swept aside much of the sense of personal accountability.
Research shows investors could have been misled just by the order of information in financial reports.
Robo-advice might prove most useful to those who need it the most, making them feel more competent and in control.
New research shows the harsh realities of getting by on a low income and highlights how help for those doing it tough needs to change.
The large banks and AMP will be required to fund the establishment of a new independent body to oversee the professional standing of the much-criticised financial services industry.
Financial reforms have given us a greater role in saving for retirement. Alas we’re not very good at it.
Business Briefing: trusting an algorithm with investment decisions
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Financial advice was once the realm of bankers and brokers now startups are developing digital platforms to take advantage of how trusting we are of investment advice from computers.
The global scandal surrounding the release of the Panama papers and Malcolm Turnbull's criticism of Australian banks have put the spotlight on the often murky world of banking and finance.
The Turnbull government will ban businesses from charging consumers excessive surcharges on their credit cards, and move to inject more competition into the superannuation industry.
The cascade of woes that have befallen former NFL players has stunned fans and casual observers. Former NFL stars Junior Seau and Dave Duerson committed suicide. All-pro Warren Sapp went bankrupt after…
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Discipline Head of Finance and Financial Planning, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, Marquette University
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Principal Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne
