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The Australian share market closed at an 11-year high last week, with the major miners, the telco giants and biotech heavyweight CSL leading market-wide gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 and the broader All Ordinaries both closed 1.7%...

Canstar has revealed three winners of the 2019 Direct Life Insurance Outstanding Value Award, after researching and rating 25 products from 25 providers. Canstar’s Direct Life Insurance Star Ratings use a sophisticated and unique ratings methodology...

Have you wondered lately which health insurer has the most satisfied customers? In light of recent federal health insurance reforms, including a new tiered system of classifying hospital insurance policies, now could be a good time...

Canstar has revealed the results of the 2019 Comprehensive Car Insurance Star Ratings, after analysing 47 policies from 37 insurers across Australia. Our Star Ratings are designed to help consumers create a shortlist of products, with...

Do you trust your super fund to invest your retirement savings wisely? Do you trust it to provide suitable financial advice? A recent Canstar survey found Australian consumers, on average, have more faith in their fund's ability...

Canstar has revealed the latest Business Loans and Business Overdrafts Star Ratings research, rating 86 products from 15 lenders.

The Australian share market closed higher last week ahead of the federal election, after the major miners helped offset losses across the heavyweight banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.88% higher at 6,365 points, while the...

Choosing a share trading platform can be a difficult task. To help narrow your search, Canstar has revealed its 5-Star Rated online share trading brokers for 2019. Canstar has awarded a 5-Star Rating to 10 online...

Superannuation industry groups have accused the Government of failing to address the gap between women and men's retirement savings. Industry Super Australia’s Deputy Chief Executive Matthew Linden says men retire with about 40% more super than...

Digital bank ING has made a series of home loan rate cuts and hikes that affect mainly new customers. From today, a number of ING investor and owner-occupier home loans with a variable rate will be lowered...

We have crunched the numbers and compared the products to bring you a shortlist of the providers which offer outstanding value overseas student health cover and working visa health cover.

Weakness across the major banks and some heavyweight health stocks contributed to the Australian share market's falls last week. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.45% to 6,175 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 0.35%...

Westpac is facing a class action for allegedly approving home loans to people who could not afford them, in breach of responsible lending laws. Maurice Blackburn lawyers filed an open class action against Westpac in the...

The corporate regulator wants lenders to factor in the greater spending levels of higher-income earners when approving home loans. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper around proposed changes it plans to make...

You could be forgiven for thinking this photo is of a real woman or perhaps of a photoshopped model. But she is in fact UBank's latest virtual assistant. Meet Mia, short for My Interactive Agent. She...

The banking royal commission's proposal to stop advice fees from being taken out of low-cost default funds could have some unintended consequences, some industry experts warn. The fees-for-no service scandal is one of the biggest superannuation issues...

Co-author Ellie McLachlan Banning advice fees for default super accounts, overhauling the way mortgage brokers are paid and ending the hawking of insurance and superannuation products are some of the major changes the banking royal commission has...

AMP Bank has made interest rate cuts as deep as 0.20 percentage points to a number of its investment property loans in a bid to attract new borrowers. In August last year, AMP reduced a number...

Three of the big four banks and investment bank Macquarie helped drive the Australian share market higher last week. The local share market closed higher for four straight sessions last week, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200...

Australians' superannuation savings could be $3.8 billion better off each year if the twin evils of multiple super accounts and underperforming funds were addressed, the Productivity Commission says. The commission’s final report into the nation’s $2.7...