TJ Ryan

TJ was previously a finance journalist at Canstar, preparing a variety of articles from simple-to-understand explainers of financial products through to reporting on industry trends. She graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing and worked in communications for a number of years before joining Canstar.

Mutual Banks - June 7th

Quirky Accounts To Warm The Heart

Give back to support our community and our environment with CANSTAR's list of heart-warming bank accounts from customer-owned banking institutions.

Home Loans - June 3rd

What Do People Look For In A Home Loan?

After some digging into our extensive database, we've found some interesting stats about what Australians are looking for when house hunting.

Life Insurance - June 2nd

5 Life Stages When You Need Life Insurance

Studies show people commonly buy life insurance after life-changing events such as marriage, new babies, unexpected illness, or grief.

First Home Buyers - June 1st

Five-Step Guide To Owning Your First Home

CANSTAR's guide on how to buy a house covers everything from doing your sums on what you can afford to researching an area, to what happens after settlement.

Car Insurance - May 25th

Budget Direct: More Than A Decade Of Success

Budget Direct win CANSTAR Outstandiing Value car insurance

First Home Buyers - May 22nd

How This Gen Yer Bought An Investment Property At 25

Smashed avo and a house deposit as well – it's not impossible if you know what your priorities are.

Online Share Trading - May 18th

Top 5-Star Rated Online Share Trading Brokers In 2017

CANSTAR has released the latest Online Share Trading Star Ratings research, rating 42 online share trading platforms across 17 institutions.

Online Share Trading - May 18th

What Investors Need To Know About The Share Market In 2017

As part of our 2017 expert star ratings of online share trading platforms, Canstar has analysed the current market for investors. In this article, we look at the cost to invest in terms of platform fees...

Life Insurance - May 14th

Why Stay-At-Home Parents Need Life Insurance

In total, nearly 2 million people in Australia were out of the labour force to take care of the home, with 479,066 caring for children and another 1.29 million performing home duties (ABS, 2014). Most of...

Account Based Pensions - May 11th

What Retirees Need To Know In 2017

Here’s what retirees need to know about account-based pensions in 2017, based on Canstar’s expert ratings and analysis.

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