BT Financial Group (BTFG) has built on its strong track record by taking out the award for investment platforms for the third year in a row. 

The life insurance industry is at a turning point, with adviser remuneration arrangements set to change and with new reforms shaping the way product providers operate, meaning investment in planner education has never been more critical to ensure quality advice provisioning.

Product innovation and client service delivery have been paramount to the success of BlackRock’s iShares, which has been voted as the best provider for exchange-traded funds (ETF) by advisers for the second year in a row.

Employing a multiple portfolio approach to property investment has allowed fractional investment platform DomaCom to present a unique alternative for advisers and trustees seeking to gain access to Australia’s property market.

The annual SMSF Service Provider Awards, in its fourth year, identified the businesses of influence that are making serious headway with trustees via their advisers.

Darin Tyson-Chan (DTC)  and Krystine Lumanta (KL) hosted the fourth annual selfmanagedsuper SMSF Roundtable discussion to delve deeper into what these changes mean for the SMSF sector and the bigger implications of such measures.

While the industry consults on the objective of superannuation, the Treasurer has flagged its function as an estate planning tool as troubling. Krystine Lumanta investigates whether the industry regards super’s use as an intergenerational wealth transfer vehicle as yet another problem it must tackle.

Robo-advice is currently a hot topic in financial services, but how does this extend to SMSFs? Daniel Paperny explores the growing appetite for automated advice among SMSF trustees and why it is regarded as an increasingly feasible alternative.

For as long as it’s been around, superannuation has been viewed as a golden fiscal nest egg and targeted by governments past and present.