This may become the Asian century but the wealth management sectors of each Asian country behave differently and have varying products, processes and problems that requir...

Mike Taylor writes that the FPA’s referral arrangement with big industry fund Cbus represents yet another indicator that, having lost the war prosecuted by the industry f...

AMP’s life insurance arm had a $24 million loss in Q3, half of which came from lapsed policies....

David Urquhart explains why Asia has under-performed this year – but also why the outlook for Asian stocks is strong....

A close reading of the submissions so far lodged with the Senate Committee investigating the operations of ASIC suggests the newly-elected Abbott Government will be right...

As continuous disclosure rules now ensure that the profit reporting season is short on surprises, the focus is now firmly on the future and on ‘outlook commentary’, write...

There are suggestions that ASIC may have concerns about “transition” and “retention” payments made to financial planning principals, and as Mike Taylor reports, perceptio...

Challenger confirms 31 per cent quarterly increase in life annuity sales....

ASIC arguably chose a poor strategy when it sought to reassure consumers about its inaction on matters relating to the Reserve Bank of Australia-related companies, Secure...

With both bonds and equities looking set to struggle if inflation rises, it will be important to limit exposure to them via diversification and dynamic asset allocation, ...

Investors are increasingly convinced of the real estate story, attracted by a healthy income return and long-term capital growth without the volatility of the share marke...