Browsing all articles from September, 2006


Mimicking the almost instantaneous ability of credit card vendours to assess consumer eligibility, it seems home loan providers are getting in on the act.

However evidence indicates outright speed isn’t the leading driver influencing decision making for consumers when it comes to choosing which provider to go with …

Australians are largely apathetic towards the Federal Government’s much maligned WorkChoices initiative when compared to other key election issues such as the environment, the economy, healthcare and education.

A new CoreData survey of 3,440 Australians in early May reveals only one in fifteen people (6.8%) identify the Howard …

Financial services companies spend an obscene amount of money every year on branding yet when it comes to financial advice the only brand most consumers are aware of is that of their adviser.

Consumers it would appear are almost blind to the various dealer group and funds management …

Gambling they say is a mugs game, yet it seems this is what a company with the self proclaimed name of ‘Mortgage Watchdog’ is encouraging consumers to do.

The group sells a software program that alleges an almost certain probability of detecting errors in bank mortgage statements, resulting …

A key indicator of economic development in industrialised countries used to be the growth in household fixed line telephones – in China it is the mobile phone and numbers of investors.

The stock market bounce in February is but a distant memory with brokers and managed fund operators …

Superannuation is meant to assist people financially once they reach retirement, however two super funds have gone one step further to try and ensure its members make it to and through retirement.

Covering almost half a million Australians, the Motor Trades Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super) and Prime Super, …

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