Most Australian investors believe they will be worse off under the goods and services tax (GST) and even those who think they will be better off do not expect to increase...

Listed property trusts proved their mettle as good defensive investments in May, raking up the top return among all asset classes....

Sealcorp has spun off research house Assirt in a complex deal with Course Starter....

While technology, telecommunications and media stocks have taken a few hits since January, equity funds sought listed property trusts (LPT) as a comparatively safe haven....

Sealcorp has spun off research house Assirt in a complex deal with Bourse Data....

The proportion of Australians with direct share holdings dropped for the first time in two years, a survey has found....

The final movement of funds from the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has jettisoned the National to the top of the master custodian tables ahead of State Street....

AXA is to revamp its distribution arm with the aim of attracting more independent advisers back to using the company’s products....

Axa has targeted retail investment and superannuation as its prime focus....

Mercantile Mutual’s new funds management boss has urged federal government to consider ty-ing health and aged care funding to superannuation....

While a reasonable proportion of investors access financial services information over the Internet and are confident in conducting transactions via this means, the majori...

It seems the world’s richest are about to get a whole lot richer, which can only be good news for financial planners focussing on high net worth individuals....

The accountant’s position as a source of financial guidance has not noticeably di-minished in the past two years, despite reports to the contrary by the Financial Plannin...

Associated Planners Group has sold 75 per cent of Associated Planners Manage-ment, the holding vehicle for the Strategic Super master trust....