The industry funds have attacked the banks on cross-selling as they seek to deal with a Productivity Commission issues paper canvassing a baseline approach of no defaults...

The AFA board is telling its members the LICG’s proposed resolution to ensure the AFA opposed the Life Insurance Framework legislation for three years would substantially...

Australia’s top performing fixed income investments have outperformed 81 per cent of equity managed funds, according to the MMIC. ...

Australia's OTC interest rate exchange, Yieldbroker, has been approved to access US customers, after becoming foreign-regulated. ...

The median Australian share manager fell 1.2 per cent for the month of August, according to Morningstar....

CIFR-funded researchers have released a prototype financial calculator that addresses the shortfalls of existing calculators in the marketplace....

Australians were suffering depression, sleepless nights, alcohol and substance abuse from financial stress, according to Acorns Grow Australia. ...

ASIC has discontinued proceedings against two out of five of the former directors of the collapsed Gold Coast-based fund manager, LM Investment Management....

Imminent changes to lift requirements on MDA operators by ASIC including the removal of a no action letter will disrupt advice businesses using limited MDA arrangements. ...

Consumers are often sceptical of insurers and the claims process and the industry needs to be more transparent to rectify this, BT Financial Group believes....

For bond investors with a global perspective and the flexibility to invest across all markets, opportunities can arise at unexpected times and in surprising places. It is...

New research reveals that as few as 20 per cent of people trust their banks to give them unbiased advice....

Consumers are looking for heightened security and greater efficiency in their digital banking activities, according to the World Payments Report. ...

Investments in global infrastructure are expected to thrive to US$40 trillion within the next couple of years, according to VanEck. ...

Australia has the highest ratio of household debt to GDP and presents a significant risk to the country's economic future, Deloitte believes....

Netweallth has launched an international managed account that gives investors access to international equities amid rising interest in offshore investments. ...

Australians believe they should have the right to know where their superannuation is invested, according to Market Forces' study. ...

Bankwest was in the process of closing its salaried advice business with the CBA offering the advice team opportunities to transition to Financial Wisdom. ...

New analysis from Willis Towers Watson suggests the young are subsidising the old because of insurance design within some superannuation fund offerings. ...

Industry Super Australia has sought to inject life/risk commissions and churning into the Productivity Commission's review of the superannuation sector. ...