MONEY MAGAZINE has released it's 2016 CONSUMER FINANCE AWARDS. For the 12th year Money’s Consumer Finance awards issue reveals the financial institutions providing customers with top value in 12 key categories. Money’s research partner Canstar closely scrutinized more than 15,000 financial products and services from more than 200 financial institutions to come up with our ... read more>

If you’re a Telstra employee or a hospitality worker, you might be lucky enough to be in one of the top-performing Super funds of the year 2013/14. As this story in the Fairfax press explains, “Another good year for super funds has helped push account balances to almost double what they were 10 years ago.” The median balanced option returned […]

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It wasn’t that long ago when you used your signature on a daily basis. From bank cheques, letters, traveller cheques and credit cards, only when you signed the dotted line your approval was granted. Times are changing. From 1st August, you’ll need a PIN for most credit card and debit card transactions in Australia. The signature as a form of […]

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Dear Fellow Members, As we are all aware, gloomy Federal Budget speculation has been rife lately, so I’ve decided my message this week should be on a cheerier note. Since having come on board as your Chairman I’ve noticed a handful of particular issues dominate your messages and forum posts. Switching is one of those at the top of the […]

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Australia’s central bank has said our superannuation fees are too high, ranking us third in the developed world behind only Spain and Mexico. The Reserve Bank of Australia has made a submission to the Federal Government’s financial system inquiry, arguing we need to cut the cost to consumers of our $1.8 trillion superannuation system, The Australian Financial Review reports today. Many Australian […]

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