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Superannuation

A negative return close to retirement can be more detrimental to a client’s savings than one at the beginning of their career. Vivek Prabhu from Perpetual explains how to...

Editorial

The ‘variable annunity’ in vogue overeas is neither entirely variable nor an annuity – so what is it, and what could it do for Australian retirees? Andrew Barnett explain...

Financial planning

Australians in retirement have a more positive perception of their financial wellbeing, according to a report from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services...

Superannuation

With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...

Superannuation

Banks are receiving numerous calls from customers anxious about the Government’s proposed changes to superannuation....

Superannuation

More than half of SMSF trustees fail to change to a more defensive asset allocation as they move into retirement. ...

Financial planning

Ibbotson Associates’ Matthew Esler highlights that effective client engagement not only empowers financial planners with the key to unlocking scaled advice but also ensur...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that with the Government again having signalled the likelihood of change to Australia’s superannuation regime, its persistent fiddling continues to und...

Superannuation

Retirees will need to save more to fund their retirement, according to figures released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....

Superannuation

Petr Kocourek from CFS Global Asset Management explains how target benefit plans tackle the issues faced by defined benefit schemes and defined contribution systems in pr...

Financial planning

Many baby boomers would prefer to handle their own affairs, according to a new superannuation survey....

Superannuation

Is 2013 the year of election "super" promises - or has the landscape changed forever? Aaron Dunn writes....

Superannuation

Auditors of SMSFs have been given regulatory guidance on how to register with ASIC ahead of the 31 January start date of a Stronger Super registration scheme....

Superannuation

Mercer has criticised the current default superannuation products on offer to Australians and has urged trustees to take a 'lifecycle' approach to default investment stra...

Financial planning

Women are more in control of their financial futures than men, according to the findings of RaboDirect's Savings and Debt Barometer....

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