With lofty ambitions and relative confidence, many Generation Y investors are ready to buy into the housing market, writes Kristy Sheppard. ...
Melbourne property group AustFin has launched a new property syndicate....
Equity market gains and stabilising economic activity help returns in several funds....
Proposed acquisition to increase NAB's share of mortgage market by less than 1 per cent....
A preference for dealing with high-net-worth clients may see some financial planners miss out on securing the valuable next generation of clients, particularly if mortgag...
Transferring commercial property into a self-managed superannuation fund may lead to significant taxation benefits....
Simple portfolios may make investors feel good but may well fail to deliver or meet expectations, writes Dominic McCormick....
New research has confirmed the dominance of the mortgage market by the big banks, which now hold a combined share of 73.8 per cent....
National mortgage broking company Refund Home Loans has entered into a joint venture with PIS under which it will offer the group's financial products to its existing cli...
Calls of the property sector’s imminent death are now fading, writes Patrick Noble....
DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....
There is an opportunity for 10 per cent to 15 per cent of active mortgage brokers to break into the financial planning world....
Mortgage broking industry likely to adopt a fact finding and Statement of Advice process: Paratore....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wants to lift the bar on the liquidity requirements for banks and other authorised deposit-taking institutions....
A Queensland residential investment manager has been put into liquidation, leaving hundreds of mum and dad investors out of pocket....
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,...