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Financial planning

A REST Industry Super survey has found that although Gen Ys need help with their savings, many are reluctant to seek out professional advice....

Funds management

New Franklin Templeton research reveals Australian investors are growing in confidence, but many are still cautious. ...

Superannuation

Opposition leader Tony Abbott has been criticised for flagging changing the timetable for a higher superannuation guarantee....

Financial planning

Credit union CUA has launched an online savings product it claims is specifically aimed at the youth market....

Financial planning

The mortgage broker proposition remains strong in the Australian market, particularly among first home buyers and investors aged in their twenties and thirties, according...

Superannuation

Deloitte warns that taxing higher super balances may cost more to implement than it ever delivers....

Superannuation

New data points to increasing numbers of SMSF members moving into retirement phase....

Superannuation

Increasing costs are making maintaining a comfortable retirement more difficult, according to the latest data from the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia....

Superannuation

The self-managed superannuation fund sector has entered a net drawdown phase, with benefit payments to exceed contributions by $20 billion by December 2015, according to ...

Life/Risk

Taking out life insurance is not a main priority for many Australians, with almost half saying that it is too expensive, according to new research by life insurer TAL....

Superannuation

Self-managed super fund trustees have shied away from cash due to falling interest rates but stayed close to defensive and low-risk assets, shifting funds into fixed inte...

Superannuation

New research undertaken by Suncorp Life has confirmed the degree to which Australians have become unsettled by constant changes to the underlying superannuation policy re...

Editorial

Southeast Asian nations’ superior growth rates, lower leverage and huge infrastructure spending are looking increasingly attractive, according to Fidelity’s Gareth Nichol...

Financial planning

The latest ASFA retirement standard shows that although the cost of a modest retirement may have increased, a decrease in the cost of luxury items has brought down the co...

Financial planning

Equity Trustees will continue with its efforts to acquire The Trust Company - despite Perpetual making an offer to wholly acquire the latter at a higher price than that p...

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