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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....

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Funds management

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

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Superannuation

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

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Financial planning

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

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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...

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Superannuation

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

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Superannuation

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

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Superannuation

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

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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 ...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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Editorial

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

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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...

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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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