Russell Investment Group has halved the exposure to Australian listed property in its diversified funds, directing the money to offshore property securities because of wh...

Not-for-profit super funds and commercial master trusts were equally represented among the best performing publicly available retirement products in 2004....

Industry speculation that changes to the asset test exemption would trigger a rush by investors into annuities has been supported by new statistics compiled by the Austra...

AXA Asia Pacific is continuing to set new share price highs today on the back of yesterday’s announcement that fund flows and new life business grew strongly for the 12 m...

Nearly two thirds of Australians are not confident of having enough money to retire on comfortably, according to a consumer survey by advertising agency Patterson Partner...

Four out of every five people who consult a financial planner are satisfied with the advice they receive and most people who avoid seeing a financial planner do so becaus...

Shareholders in listed financial planning business Count Financial have been given good news for the second time in a week, with the group announcing that it predicted fi...

Wealth management group IWL has notched up what it says is a record half-year result for 2005, posting earnings growth of 43 per cent on the corresponding 2004 half-year....

The battle for the future of Australia’s second largest dealer group, Professional Investment Services, has been won by Aviva, with the financial services company proposi...

Investments in life insurance grew by 11 per cent over the year to September 2004 according to the latest statistics from Melbourne based research group Plan For Life....

The investment management arm of Australian Unity has flagged that it will expand its product range early in 2005, both through in-house development and possible joint ve...

Australians are twice as likely to get information about their finances from the media than they are from professional advisers, a new survey has revealed....

The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...

Australian growth orientated superannuation funds delivered the best returns for nine years in 2004, but the good times aren’t expected to keep on rolling according to In...