CoreData’s research over the past two decades has consistently found that at any point in time, only around one in four Australians are receiving financial advice. This is a relatively …
Despite WA’s effective containment of COVID-19, the economic effects of the state’s pseudo-shutdown have been widely felt. Compared to major trading partners, Australia has experienced reasonable success in avoiding the …
In early March, Australia’s top banking executives sat down with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in a meeting originally intended to discuss the impact of the bushfire season on the local economy. …
With rising unemployment and unprecedented trading restrictions imposed on businesses, the Federal Government’s concessional clause for early access to super has provided a lifeline for Australians in financial hardship. The …
Consumer sentiment and behaviour will play a critical role in any economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal and State government policy settings must walk a fine line between managing …
Government restrictions on physical open houses and auctions, key elements of the residential property buying process, are likely to be a major drag on the residential property market in a …
The idea of nothing has an interesting history in mathematics, and there’s even a theory that the Catholic Church tried to outlaw the concept of zero because the idea of …
“The chief value of trail commissions to the recipient, to put it bluntly, is that they are money for nothing.” Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, …
The final report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry will have to be some kind of masterpiece to meet all of the …
Like many Australians, I did a fair bit of travelling around the country over Christmas and New Year, which involved driving thousands of kilometres across NSW, Queensland and Tasmania. The …
Bugger Married at First Sight, the best TV ever is watching the Royal Commission on the feed while you are working, or better yet, listening to it as you attack yet another data …
For the first time in five years the broad sentiment of Australians has moved from mildly negative – to mildly positive. The broad trend in predicted improving economic conditions, along …
There are more Australian first home owners in the market today as a proportion of all home buyers than there have been for more than five years. The uptick – which …
As a property investor, I became worried about the high interest rate I was being charged on my variable-rate home loan, particularly after getting a letter in the mail notifying …
The four year retreat of first home buyers from market looks to have ended according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), indicating that the …
