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Financial planning

Less than one in 20 Australians expect to maintain their current standard of living into retirement with excess savings, a survey shows....

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Life/Risk

Life policy cancellations are at their highest levels in over two decades, new research shows....

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Life/Risk

Research finds one in three Australians is ignorant about the use of private health insurance, with a quarter unaware that a government rebate exists. ...

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Superannuation

New Towers Watson research confirms the underlying health of Australia’s superannuation regime. ...

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Editorial

The growth outlook for 2014 is looking up, but as AMP Capital’s chief economist Shane Oliver explains, it might pay to be cautiously optimistic....

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Financial planning

Financial services was one of only a handful of industries to experience no salary growth last year, a report shows....

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Editorial

Nick Bishop presents the case for remaining invested in fixed income, but suggests that in order to benefit, investors will need to be far more selective in their bond al...

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Financial planning

ANZ has retained its title as Australia’s most valuable banking brand in a year that saw lower ranked institutions such as BT Financial Group increase their standing expo...

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Superannuation

New research reveals wide differences in costs of MySuper products but a narrowing in the gap between industry fund and retail products....

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Superannuation

Australians are more impressed superannuation funds performance with the satisfaction gap between industry and retail funds narrowing....

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Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors have helped drive WAM Capital to a record pre-tax profit. ...

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Superannuation

Market Vectors suggests ETFs can help SMSFs avoid poor real returns on cash investments, which represent nearly 30 per cent of all SMSF assets....

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Financial planning

Australians would rather listen to media commentators and experts than their own financial adviser, according to a Goldman Sachs survey....

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Funds management

US asset manager ends 2013 with modest growth across its business....

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Life/Risk

Suncorp Group only major life insurance provider with decreased growth in 12-month period....

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