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Superannuation

Financial planners have estimated a third of their clients were not on track to achieving a comfortable retirement, according to a survey released by Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Financial planner and client sentiment improved marginally in February but remains very fragile amid the expectation of bad news, according to the latest research conduct...

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Financial planning

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has added four non-major bank lenders to its lending panel in a move it claims is indicative of a trend away from the big four banks....

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Financial planning

New Zealand retail funds under management grew by 3.4 per cent in the December 2011 quarter to $28.6 billion, replicating growth in the same period in 2010, according to ...

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Superannuation

Events since the beginning of this year should have reminded Australian investors of the dangers of missing out on market rallies, according to a senior analyst within bo...

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Superannuation

Superannuation returns enjoyed their second positive month in February on the back of strong local and global share market performances....

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Superannuation

The superannuation guarantee will gradually increase from 9 per cent to 12 per cent over the next seven years, following the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax thr...

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Superannuation

Many Australians still do not understand enough about their superannuation funds, including how they're actually invested or whether they'll have enough in retirement....

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has again called for the increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, this time presenting research showing that the retirement...

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Funds management

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index gained ground for the second consecutive month but is still down slightly over one year....

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Editorial

While we tend to focus on sharp market crashes, sudden declines that recover quickly within just a year or few are not necessarily problematic. What is far more destructi...

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Editorial

Australia’s love affair with property is well documented, but many baby boomers are selling up to fund their retirement. According to MLC's Andrew Barnett, this shows the...

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Funds management

van Eyk Research has sent out a word of caution to investors in global equities, warning them that fund managers who performed well in last year's risk-averse markets cou...

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Financial planning

The Tax Commissioner has revealed the degree to which Australian authorities have reduced the flow of funds to havens such as Vanuatu, Liechtenstein and Switzerland....

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OnePath’s technical team takes a look at the superannuation guarantee increase and finds the more things change the more they stay the same....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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