Share markets will not sustain recent gains and will fall to pre-2003 levels....

The performance of Australian equities has rewarded those investors who maintained a local bias, according to a new analysis....

JPMorgan Private Bank in Asia has proved less bullish about economic recovery than the RBA, positioning for a deceleration in the second half of next year....

Despite the big four banks consistently rating among the lowest across all three banking categories, 76 per cent of bank customers said they had no plans to switch to ano...

Beware the consensus of negativity at the bottom of cycles, writes Mark Newman....

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

Rise in insurance claims wipes out underwriting surplus; profits down....

Robert Keavney draws back the curtains to examine the reliability of financial forecasts....

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

An education savings plan is often a good advice proposition advisers can utilise to attract younger clients, according to new LifePlan head Matt Walsh....

BENJAMIN LEVY reports on the growing use of reverse mortgages to shore up diminishing client wealth....

Competition grows for long-term deposit accounts....

Advisers are moving client funds back into equity products and even geared equity products, according to Scott Tully, head of FirstChoice Investments at Colonial First St...

BRAD NEWCOMBE considers the differences between fixed and floating bonds and how to choose between them in the current market turmoil....