Just what the industry needs - another advertising campaign insinuating financial planners are bad, that they are liars and are likely to be doing something they aren’t telling you about.

In short, planners are criminals.

Where is this coming from? ASIC? IFSA? A shadowy government…

With 172 billion dollars sitting in Australian industry super funds it was no surprise to see investment managers and service providers flock to the Gold Coast last week for the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds.

Fund managers, administrators, lawyers and…

The thought of an unprecedented wave of sub-prime mortgages flooding the Australian market is a scary one, perhaps even to the most liberal of lenders.

Purchasing a home, whether it be for owner-occupier purposes or as an investment, and for most,…

Business sentiment from financial planners turned strongly optimistic over the first quarter of 2007, with the brandmanagement Adviser Sentiment Index registering a move from 22.9 to 41.6.

The index reading took into account the views of just under 500 advisers and was…

How long is a piece of string? How many monkeys does it take to change a light bulb? Who knows, but what we do know is how long it takes to be served in a Chinese bank – one hour…

Orange, the global commercial brand of France Telecom, is one of the first companies in the UK to put together two separate employee benefits packages to create a compelling pensions offer for its staff.

By putting the proceeds of a share…