Almost half of financial advisers have no confidence at all in ASIC’s ability to monitor and prevent malpractice and financial product collapses, and almost two thirds disagree that payments from product manufacturers to financial advisers should be ceased.

Four out of…

Australia, despite the best efforts of a determined cadre of Catholics from Sydney’s elegant and leafy North Shore, is yet to have a saint; the closest we have so far managed is the beatification of Mary McKillop.

The steps to sainthood…

The bad news from Dubai could, according to various commentators, be the trigger for a double-dip recession or the start of an emerging market credit crunch.

The six month halt to debt repayments called by state-owned Dubai World also shows again…

Humans, well most humans, have an inbuilt need to seek out order and organisation – for the majority of us it’s as hard wired as breathing.

Our brains are set up to look for patterns that explain things and make sense…

Significant mortgage market share changes have occurred during the financial crisis in Australia, with the traditional Big Four banks becoming the Big Two.

In August 2008, Westpac became the biggest mortgage lender in Australia when the Australian Consumer & Competition Commission (ACCC)…

Risk averse retirees could face the sobering prospect of running out of money before they die given the current low returns on conservative assets.

The present ‘close to zero’ returns on cash in the US and UK means many retirees who…