Financial planners have estimated a third of their clients were not on track to achieving a comfortable retirement, according to a survey released by Investment Trends....
Financial planner and client sentiment improved marginally in February but remains very fragile amid the expectation of bad news, according to the latest research conduct...
Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has added four non-major bank lenders to its lending panel in a move it claims is indicative of a trend away from the big four banks....
New Zealand retail funds under management grew by 3.4 per cent in the December 2011 quarter to $28.6 billion, replicating growth in the same period in 2010, according to ...
Events since the beginning of this year should have reminded Australian investors of the dangers of missing out on market rallies, according to a senior analyst within bo...
Superannuation returns enjoyed their second positive month in February on the back of strong local and global share market performances....
The superannuation guarantee will gradually increase from 9 per cent to 12 per cent over the next seven years, following the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax thr...
Many Australians still do not understand enough about their superannuation funds, including how they're actually invested or whether they'll have enough in retirement....
The Financial Services Council has again called for the increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, this time presenting research showing that the retirement...
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index gained ground for the second consecutive month but is still down slightly over one year....
While we tend to focus on sharp market crashes, sudden declines that recover quickly within just a year or few are not necessarily problematic. What is far more destructi...
Australia’s love affair with property is well documented, but many baby boomers are selling up to fund their retirement. According to MLC's Andrew Barnett, this shows the...
van Eyk Research has sent out a word of caution to investors in global equities, warning them that fund managers who performed well in last year's risk-averse markets cou...
The Tax Commissioner has revealed the degree to which Australian authorities have reduced the flow of funds to havens such as Vanuatu, Liechtenstein and Switzerland....
OnePath’s technical team takes a look at the superannuation guarantee increase and finds the more things change the more they stay the same....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...