ASIC has made its first move towards licensing consumer credit businesses as part of the transition to new national consumer credit laws, with over 500 financial planning...

Data from SEEK indicates the financial services and banking industry remains in the top 10 highest paid industries....

Lower costs for consumers and efficient administration were the top two factors advisers would like their platform provider to improve....

With talk of interest rate rises shifting to the possibility of a rate cut, Dr Ron Bewley weighs up the outlook for asset classes in Australia and abroad....

MAp airports has reached an agreement with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTTP) to acquire OTTP's stake in Sydney airport and offload its interests in Brussels...

Although gold demand is currently at unprecedented levels, many investors do not realise that a historical relationship exists between the price of gold bullion and the A...

SMSF trustees are more satisfied with their lot than most super members, but mostly when returns are high....

Retirees looking to lead a comfortable lifestyle will now need almost $700 extra per year....

Term deposits have grown by around $30 billion in the past 12 months, reflecting continuing investor caution....

A significant number of financial planners believe the implementation of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will not only cost them money, but als...

The Australian unlisted core wholesale property fund market has stabilised, returning 2.2 per cent in the June quarter....

A company linked to SuperRatings has claimed up to 50 per cent of people using a planner want new advice....

A new survey has revealed that mortgage consumers aren’t prepared to embrace fee for service....

ASIC data points to a rise in corporate insolvencies, with Western Australia not immune....