Many investors have a high degree of banking sector exposure in their portfolios spanning several asset classes and resulting in a high level of risk. Paul Chin from Jamieson Coote Bonds discusses how an allocation to high grade fixed income investments can help mitigate this risk.

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority is the new one-stop-shop dispute resolution body set up by the federal government to deal with consumer complaints about financial services. Christina Kalantzis talks to Darin Tyson-Chan about this and other issues in the consumer compliance space.

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is in the process of formulating the minimum educational standards that will allow financial planning to be seen as a true profession. Financialobserver publisher Darin Tyson-Chan gives his assessment of the process so far and how effective the body’s communication has been.