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 ...
SuperRatings has shared the median estimated return for balanced superannuation funds for the calendar year 2024, finding the year achieved “strong and consistent positiv...
Original bidder Bain Capital, which saw its first offer rejected in December, has returned with a revised bid for Insignia Financial....
The FAAA has secured CSLR-related documents under the FOI process, after an extended four-month wait, which show little analysis was done on how the scheme’s cost would a...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...