Over a third of Australians say they have minimal confidence in their retirement preparations and 64% say they would like to receive advice from their superannuation fund, according to State Street Global Advisors.

A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business.

A quarterly analysis of Australian equity funds found those with responsible investment principles were outperformed by those holding energy and materials stocks.

Insignia has exited its 45% stake in JANA as it progresses its simplification and transformation strategy, detailed in its quarterly results.

The advisory company announced their subsidiary firm, Moggs Accounting + Advisory, has acquired a Victorian accounting firm.

The fixed income asset class suffered the sharpest decline in fund flows over the course of a turbulent 2022 for investors in Australia, according to the latest Calastone data.

With Lunar New Year taking place in January, Outsider had been expecting to see various Chinese processions and dragons taking over Sydney to mark the Year of the Rabbit.

Outsider is no stranger to hearing about obscure job titles but one recent title is even new to him.

Much has been written about the recent development of AI chatbot ChatGPT which can write stories, answer questions and provide fascinating facts for its users.