The top rate for a 12-month term deposit has cracked 3 per cent, after being stuck at 2.8 per cent for months. With rates going up by as much as 44 basis points, it is a good time for savers
With the profit reporting season getting into its stride this week, ASX-listed companies are on target to deliver close to double-digit earnings growth. However, there will be significant variations between sectors. UBS says it expects earnings growth of around 9
While home loan borrowers have been counting the cost of rising variable mortgage rates over the past couple of months, there is good news in the fixed rate segment of the market, where rates are going down. The latest Mozo
Super fund members could end up paying anywhere between 11 and 26 per cent more for life insurance cover offered by their funds, when changes to the system result in fewer young fund members and those on low incomes having
Two local companies, Decentralised Capital and Custodian Vaults, have formed a partnership to offer an insured cryptocurrency custody service, claiming it is a first for Australia. Custodian Vaults is Australia’s largest independent precious metals secure storage service. It also offers
ASIC Chair James Shipton has laid the groundwork for the regulator to play a far more activist role in overseeing the superannuation industry. In a speech to the Financial Services Council Summit, he spoke of “deficit trust” facing the finance
The SMSF Association has taken issue with the Productivity Commission’s draft findings about the cost effectiveness of self-managed super funds (SMSFs), arguing the evidence used to reach this conclusion is “fundamentally flawed”. And the Commission’s focus on costs also fails
Long-standing domestic equity manager Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) has made significant changes to its $7.3 billion portfolio in a bid to find the right balance between dividend and capital growth. AFIC’s 2017-18 financial report shows that it had to
After topping the Australian equity fund performance tables last year, Bennelong Australian Equity Partners has maintained its very strong track record with one of the highest returns for the financial year. While the fund maintains its focus on high quality
Bendigo Bank and Teachers Mutual Bank have joined the growing number of lenders increasing their home loan rates. Most increases are around 10 basis points but some are higher. Bendigo has increased the rate on owner-occupier principal and interest loans
The top rate for a 12-month term deposit has cracked 3 per cent, after being stuck at 2.8
With the profit reporting season getting into its stride this week, ASX-listed companies are on target to deliver
While home loan borrowers have been counting the cost of rising variable mortgage rates over the past couple
Super fund members could end up paying anywhere between 11 and 26 per cent more for life insurance
Two local companies, Decentralised Capital and Custodian Vaults, have formed a partnership to offer an insured cryptocurrency custody
ASIC Chair James Shipton has laid the groundwork for the regulator to play a far more activist role
The SMSF Association has taken issue with the Productivity Commission’s draft findings about the cost effectiveness of self-managed
Long-standing domestic equity manager Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) has made significant changes to its $7.3 billion portfolio
After topping the Australian equity fund performance tables last year, Bennelong Australian Equity Partners has maintained its very
Bendigo Bank and Teachers Mutual Bank have joined the growing number of lenders increasing their home loan rates.
