Less than one in two Australians are financially secure at present – a notable drop compared to the same period in 2007.
Only 44.1% of a sample of more than 1,500 individuals stated they feel financially secure – down from 51.6% a year ago.
30.1% of respondents indicated the reason they feel secure is …
As prices in the UK housing market continue to tumble, more and more cases of mortgage fraud are being uncovered.
However the problem is far greater than a few dodgy brokers bending the rules for their clients – a police intelligence report has found mortgage fraud amounts to £700 …
It’s easy to be a climate-change skeptic – arguing there isn’t enough evidence to tell if what we are doing is having an effect at all on the atmosphere and that we simply don’t know enough to change our lives.
Being skeptical is easy for two reasons.
First, …
Governments and central banks have an unprecedented array of financial indicators and economic dip-sticks at their disposal for assessing the fiscal health of countries today.
However sophisticated financial instruments are not always essential in order to get a reliable measure of consumer sentiment and confidence.
Earlier this month …
Australian consumer discretionary spending has changed considerably over the past three months as higher interest rates, rental prices, and petrol prices start to bite.
Many individuals and families have been forced to modify their discretionary consumption behaviour according to new research by CoreData of more than 1,500 Australians.…
More than nine out of ten high net worth (HNW) individuals who have never engaged a professional financial planner cite adviser self-serving behaviour as a reason behind not seeking advice.
A new HNW study by CoreData reveals one in four (26.1%) HNWs have never utilised the services of …
