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Superannuation

A gap in knowledge has been identified as the main reason for the decline in the purchase of life insurance cover by SMSFs, AIA has found....

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Funds management

With 70 per cent of Australians expecting to own a smartphone by mid 2014, there is a big potential market for wealth management applications....

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Editorial

Rahul Guha uses his experience as an accountant to provide a few tips on how to manage profit in uncertain times....

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Editorial

IOOF has announced an underlying profit of $96 million for the financial year, while the DKN acquisition has slightly boosted funds under management....

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Editorial

Treasury Group has announced a consolidated net profit after tax of $6.75 million for the 2011-12 financial year - down 32.5 per cent from last year's profit of $10.05 mi...

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Editorial

Employment is a key measure of Australia's economic health, but as Matt Drennan writes, it may be a case of lies, damned lies and statistics....

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Editorial

Portfolio administration firm Praemium has announced a net loss before tax (but inclusive of restructuring costs) of $3.9 million for the 2011-12 financial year....

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Superannuation

The median superannuation fund returned 1.1 per cent in July on the back of strong performance from the Australian sharemarket, says Chant West and SuperRatings. ...

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Financial planning

The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia has hit back at claims made by the Australian Democrats that large numbers of borrowers were coerced into low doc home l...

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Life/Risk

MetLife foreshadows Australian growth based on its global employee benefits expertise....

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Editorial

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has reported a 43 per cent drop in its net profit after tax for the 2011-12 financial year....

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Financial planning

Smartphones and tablet devices have become increasingly popular in online share trading, with almost half of frequent traders going mobile, according to Investment Trends...

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Life/Risk

Challenger has grown its life and annuities sales by a third while also increasing profitability and funds under management....

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Life/Risk

ClearView has posted positive results for the 2011/2012 financial year after extending its reach into the life insurance and wealth management markets....

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Financial planning

Baby boomers are more pessimistic about Australia's economic outlook than any other generation, according to RaboDirect's latest study....

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