The combination of superannuation fund choice and the first prolonged downturn since the advent of compulsory super has fragmented the industry, writes Pauline Vamos....

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...

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. ...

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

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

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....