While the issue of life insurance will usually crop up at some point in discussions with a client, HELEN TROUP believes that a discussion of risk should cover the well-be...

History is bunk according to Henry Ford but the same doesn't necessarily apply to the financial world where history can often provide valuable pointers to the future. For...

With the recent popularity in the global biotech industry sending investors into a spin, Kate Kachor looks at the current opportunities for investing in biotechnology for...

A member of a self managed super fund (SMSF) currently has an accumulation balance of $400,000. They are 62 years of age, working part-time, and all of their benefits in ...

Online share broker E*Trade Australia has recorded a net loss of $53.8 million in the 12 months to the end of June, wider than the $3.9 million loss reported in the previ...

Agricultural investment schemes suffer from an image problem, but Canberra’s only fund manager wants to change all that, as John Wilkinson reports....

Perpetual Trustees today announced it had posted a net profit of $40 million for the past financial year, up 31 per cent on the previous year....

There are nearly 7,000 managed funds vying for the hard earned savings of Australian investors. Only a few ever reach the dizzying heights of becoming mega funds. Kate Ka...

Strong inflows into Mercantile Mutual’s managed funds has helped lift the group’s operating profit after tax up 23 per cent to $70 million for the six months to the end o...

Costs associated with GST and the purchase of Tyndall Australia has punished Royal & Sun Alliance Australia, dramatically reducing its net profit of $47 million in 1998 t...

National Mutual Holdings will embark on a review of products and services as well as continuing to reduce costs in a bid to arrest the slide of its local business accordi...