Finance News - April 13th Investors Recognise Financial Risks Of Climate Change An alliance of investor groups from Australia and Asia have put out a guide for institutional investors on climate change disclosure.
Finance News - April 10th Australians Aren’t Asking For Money Advice New research from National Australia's Bank's wealth management arm, MLC, shows that a vast majority of us have not looked for any sort of financial advice, despite being unsatisfied with our wealth.
Finance News - April 6th Australia Ranks As Second-Worst Country For Millennial Home Ownership In a report released by HSBC, Australia has ranked in second-last across nine countries surveyed about housing ownership across millennials.
Finance News - April 6th Cyclone Debbie Ravages Insurance Margins: Premiums To Rise? In the wake of Cyclone Debbie, insurers are bracing themselves for massive hits to their profit margins, which could mean higher premiums for all of us. Around 30,000 insurance claims have been lodged across Queensland...
Finance News - April 5th Australia’s Property Problem: Is There A Simple Solution? The Treasurer has backed moves from the banking regulator APRA to tighten property lending, but is resisting calls to adjust negative gearing and capital gains tax.
Finance News - April 4th Australians Are Not Getting Enough Fruit and Veg New research from CSIRO has found that 1 in 2 adults are not eating the recommended intake of fruit. The Fruit, Vegetable and Diet Score Report, which studied the dietary habits of more than 145,975 Australians,...
Finance News - April 3rd April Health Premium Rise Aftermath: You Can Still Switch In the wake of the April 1 health insurance price rise, health groups are still reminding consumers to shop around for private health insurance. The Consumers Health Forum (CHF) has reassured Australians that they can change...
Finance News - April 3rd Australia's Property Prices See Fastest Growth Rate Since 2010 It looks like the country’s property boom isn’t slowing down any time soon, with capital city prices growing by 12.9% over the past year, according to CoreLogic. It’s the highest annual rate of growth for capital...
Finance News - April 3rd ANZ To Introduce Voice Authorisations For Mobile Banking ANZ has announced plans to introduce voice authorisation for high-value transactions made on mobile phones, skirting internet banking or a branch visit. Maile Carnegie, ANZ's new digital boss, highlighted the heightened level of security offered by...
Finance News - March 31st APRA Restricts Interest-Only Residential Mortgage Lending The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today announced its intentions of creating more supervisory measures to ensure sound residential mortgage lending practices.