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...
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...
Australians in retirement have a more positive perception of their financial wellbeing, according to a report from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services...
With constant regulatory change impacting on the superannuation sector, financial planners are finding it difficult to focus on clients’ retirement needs, writes Bela Moo...
Banks are receiving numerous calls from customers anxious about the Government’s proposed changes to superannuation....
More than half of SMSF trustees fail to change to a more defensive asset allocation as they move into retirement. ...
Ibbotson Associates’ Matthew Esler highlights that effective client engagement not only empowers financial planners with the key to unlocking scaled advice but also ensur...
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...
Retirees will need to save more to fund their retirement, according to figures released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....
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...
Many baby boomers would prefer to handle their own affairs, according to a new superannuation survey....
Is 2013 the year of election "super" promises - or has the landscape changed forever? Aaron Dunn writes....
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....
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...
Women are more in control of their financial futures than men, according to the findings of RaboDirect's Savings and Debt Barometer....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...