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Too many small business owners are reliant on the sale of their business to fund their retirement.

The longer the debt crisis continues the greater will be the divide between leaders and laggards in the...

The reverse mortgage sector has flourished in the last year, but customers are still being limited by a dwindling...

Confusion or ambivalence about life insurance could be putting the industry at risk, a survey suggests.

Macquarie Group has reaped the benefits of integrating Perpetual’s Private Wealth Platform into its wrap business...

New research suggests one in four financial services firms running core systems on legacy technology.

It has become ever more important to be a planner’s most-used insurance provider, according to research by...

Super funds which lose members to SMSFs are unlikely to see them come back.

The recent change in Government could help to boost business confidence and increase hiring across the banking and...

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays.

Australia’s growing “class action mentality” and the emergence of litigation funders have created fertile ground...

Contracts for difference (CFD) trading remains popular among local investors, with Australia recording the second-...

New research shows AMP Group has had very little success at selling banking products to its superannuation...

Rising unemployment and slowing GDP, combined with leakage to the self-managed sector, could be behind a slow year...

Strong risk sales follow two quarters of falling sales