New social security gifting rules introduced this financial year could create headaches for retirees who don’t time it right, LALITA MANN warns....

NICOLE SZOLLOS finds there is much work to be done in promoting life insurance products to women....

Sagitta Wealth Management has formed an international alliance with a property securities manager, the first such alliance under the group’s new structure since Rothschil...

A former securities representative has been banned for life from the securities industry by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for transferring c...

Employment opportunities within the Australian financial services sector are continuing to hold strong amid the current global economic climate, figures from the latest T...

Advisers are more optimistic than investors that the share market will improve in the next six months and are also likely to allocate twice as much to international equit...

INDEPENDENT traded policies broker Australian Policy Traders (APT) has put forward an offer to rescue investors wanting to exit AM Corporation’s troubled Diversified Trad...

The AM Securitised Traded Policies Trust No 1 has been downgraded by ratings house Standard and Poor’s (S&P), following the recent lowering of AMP Life’s counterparty cre...

ING has taken the next step in its Medium Term three year plan with a restructure of its Distribution Management Group, dividing and strengthening its focus across its th...

The number of consumers using a financial planner for advice has increased, particularly amongst the older generations, with people over the age of 35 more likely to use ...