Growth in the life market is more than a trend, it is being driven by demand, writes Jim Minto....

Sixty per cent claim their main concern was ensuring that the family mortgage would be paid if the unexpected happened....

Mortgage lender Muslim Community Co-operative Australia is now licensed to set up mortgage funds and property trust schemes in accordance with Islamic law....

The current economic climate has put pressure on financial planning practices throughout Australia and around the world....

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday obtained Federal Court orders to wind up the two remaining companies in the failed Victorian property inves...

A new survey has painted a grim picture of the Australian economy in which low interest rates have not succeeded in reducing mortgage stress or consumer negativity....

Cuts its group office workforce by 7.6 per cent and restructures a number of departments following a reassessment of staffing....

Getting a client's sum insured right can be the difference between gaining a client and losing one, writes GERARD KERR....

Financial planners increasingly looking to reverse mortgages as a financial strategy for retiring clients who need access to home equity....

Plans to expand its eChoice from an online mortgage finance broker to a more diversified financial services platform....

Steadying emerging markets provide profit opportunities while sustained rallies in US and Asian equities may erase losses in market averages, according to Putnam....

The Federal Government has moved to help consumers having trouble with their mortgages by lifting the credit protection threshold to $500,000....

City Pacific revises its half-year guidance on the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund citing continuing uncertainty in markets....

Challenger Financial Services has reported a mixed result for the March quarter but has performed better than the market average....