The insurance industry has a long way to go to convince consumers that their lives are worth insuring, according to Michael Paff....

AMP Limited is upbeat about its financial planning future, despite an 18 per cent decline in first half profit amid strong revenues....

Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has pointedly excluded the Association of Financial Advisers from those who convinced the Government to concede ground on risk commissi...

If Australian financial planner sentiment is to follow the patterns of the past decade, the global markets meltdown experienced in the opening days of August is likely to...

Count Financial (Count) has posted a preliminary record net profit after tax (NPAT) of $52 million in the company's latest earning guidance and dividend announcement....

As controversy continues to swirl around industry fund MTAA Super, Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby argues it is time for the Australian Prudential Regulation Autho...

ASIC's guidance document on scalable advice should be welcomed for one thing, the manner in which it proposes to remove the class relief granted to superannuation fund tr...

Too much attention on the details can mean forgetting about the fundamentals. David Court traces the intricate eligibility rules applying to SMSFs and the consequences of...

Increasing demand for energy combined with limited supply sounds like the perfect investment equation. However, as Mark Hume explains, it’s not without some risk....

Lin Ngin looks at how separately managed accounts (SMAs) operate and explores some of the features and benefits on offer as well as some of the current limitations....

Many experts look at the bond market as an indicator for future inflationary changes. Dominic McCormick argues recent events, particularly in the US, prove otherwise....