EDITORIAL

Embattled property funds management group Trinity has posted an after-tax net loss of $226 million for the financial year to June 30, down from a net profit of $34.5 mill...

Plunges more than 71 per cent during financial year despite revenue increase....

When the industry funds refer to “vertically integrated financial institutions” they are really referring to the major banks and insurance companies. And they are right. ...

The cost of providing financial advice has not been readily measured or quantified across the industry, writes Paul Barrett....

Col Fullagar considers the plight of orphan clients who try to make an insurance claim....

Austock records net loss of $20.9 million for the 2008-09 financial year, while financial planning team grows funds under management in first year....

Prime Financial Group has posted a 55 per cent fall in net profit after tax for the 2009 full year, partly as a result of a 30 per cent fall in financial planning recurri...

But equity and property market devaluations over the financial year hit revenue....

In the final part of their series on the risks of margin lending, PAUL RESNIK and PETER WORCESTER conclude that planners need to stress test a client’s portfolio in order...

Unchanged profit of $1.6 million, while revenue drops 2 per cent....

IOOF Holdings has flagged the sale of its life insurance business in its 2009 annual results, in which it posted a 32.1 per cent loss in net profit to $15.85 million....

Suncorp's profit for the 2008-09 financial year fell 40 per cent in what chairman John Story called a challenging year for the group....

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