To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

Perennial Value Management's managing director said the fund manager is projecting a period of flat profit growth, but on a yield basis, there's good value in the market....

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...

The combination of superannuation fund choice and the first prolonged downturn since the advent of compulsory super has fragmented the industry, writes Pauline Vamos....

The nature of managed investment schemes has come under close scrutiny in the recent Environinvest case, writes James Lonie....

Plunges more than 71 per cent during financial year despite revenue increase....

Embattled property funds management group Trinity has posted an after-tax net loss of $226 million for the financial year to June 30, down from a net profit of $34.5 mill...

When the industry funds refer to “vertically integrated financial institutions” they are really referring to the major banks and insurance companies. And they are right. ...