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Holding insurance inside superannuation can be a tax-effective avenue due to the range of concessions available when making super contributions, Fabian Bussoletti writes....

Outsider wishes a happy semi-retirement to TAL chief executive and ardent All Blacks supporter, Jim Minto, who ended his role with the big insurer on Tuesday this week....

Outsider has ignored the debate about housing prices because it seems that everyone and their dog has an opinion on the subject. ...

Matthew Rowe writes that those advocating a national examination for financial planners don’t really view the profession through the same lens as planners themselves....

Outsider grew up with elders telling him never to throw money down the toilet. But he recently learnt that this may actually be the wisest investment decision one can mak...

Regulatory and product complexity continues to hound the development of longevity products even as retirement looms for more baby boomers, Jim Minto writes....

The final recommendations of the Trowbridge Report have been delivered and it seems that painful change has become unavoidable for risk advisers....

Advisers should consider the tax treatment of holding insurance inside super for their clients, as it will largely depend on whether the recipient is a dependant or non-d...

Kelly Cox explores the impacts of the phased increase in the superannuation preservation age....

There are foxes and then there are bunnies who think they are foxes such as witless millennial, Daniel Burgoyne, from the UK who likened himself to Jordan Belfort, aka th...

Outsider recently lunched in the corporate meeting rooms of a large bank which owns a large fund manager and was regaled with insights by one of its boffins into how the ...

The superannuation policy debate deserves better than the raising of hoary old chestnuts such as allowing fist home-buyers to access their super....

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