Nearly half of consumers who currently have income protection insurance believe they would be covered in the event of job loss, new research from CoreData has found. The research, based …
One in two Australians struggling with household bills admit if they were eligible to access their super early, they would be more concerned about reducing their retirement wealth than about …
Women are more likely than men to have lost their job due to COVID-19, but the pandemic could drive greater employment parity in the long-term, CoreData’s latest research has found. …
Nearly one in five Australians with a mortgage expect to freeze repayments in the next 12 months, revealing the extent to which repayment holidays will help many homeowners avoid the …
More than one in five Australians are willing to see tens of thousands of their compatriots fall victim to COVID-19 if it means the country will avoid going into a …
In the late winter of 2015, Sweden under its then-new Prime Minister Stefan Loven – ex-welder, ex-unionist and minority Government holder – became the first country to enter negative interest …
People of a certain age may have experienced a sense of déjà vu as AMP unveiled another transformation strategy last week and vowed – once more – to focus on …
“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 …
The release of the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) monthly banking statistics show annualised monthly growth in home loans has dropped to 2.25 per cent – the lowest growth …
Well then. What a whirlwind the royal commission’s public hearings on financial advice were. Heads rolled – not least of all, the AMP chairman and CEO – and billions of …
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has proposed a change to the new financial adviser professional standards legislation to allow code monitoring bodies to proactively collect information from advisers …
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has joined the swelling chorus of voices supporting changes to how financial planners are licensed and authorised to give advice. The licensing regime …
Financial planning licensees controlled by the big four banks and AMP account between for approximately 7800 authorised representatives, or in truth, about half the active market. With ANZ selling its …
The mechanics of trust between people and between people and organisations are not a secret. There is more than 200 years of research about the psychology of it, and since …
