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Super investments can make a big difference to climate

Superannuation investments can have a big impact on the climate, and superannuation funds are increasingly offering investors more climate-friendly investment...

Minimum pension reduction offers opportunity for advisers

Among the Federal Budget proposals that received the least fanfare was the extension of the ‘temporary’ relief on the minimum drawdowns for...

Why bailing-out could cost your clients their retirement

While global sharemarkets have recovered much of the ground lost due to the Ukraine crisis, US Federal Reserve moves and surging energy costs, there is a...

Does diversification really matter for your super fund?

Does diversification really matter for your super fund, and do you really need to hit the magical $500,000 level before your self-managed super fund (SMSF) can...

SMSF Association focused on easing administration burden

With the Affordable Advice Review set to dominate the financial advice and advocacy industry in the coming years, the SMSF Association has submitted a series...

Is the property boom already over?

“House prices could fall 20 per cent” read the headlines last week. Chris Joye, the founder of fixed-income manager Coolabah Capital, wasn’t...

Industry super switching amid pandemic under review

The regulatory focus has once again returned to the industry or union superannuation fund sector in recent weeks. The Australian Securities and Investment...

Family offices fret on 'legacy' - and confront succession

Australian family offices are becoming more ubiquitous. But stresses are starting to show in their approach to tackling climate change and succession. The rise...

'Unprecedented times' in annuities rush

“So much of our advice process and even our industry has grown up around the accumulation process in superannuation,” says Angela Murphy, CEO of...

SMSFA partners with Deakin and Kaplan

Deakin University, the largest provider of postgraduate qualifications to the financial planning sector this week announced a partnership with the SMSF...

When disenchantment follows the honeymoon

In the Allianz Retire+ five phases of retirement, wedged between phases three, ‘liberation’, and four, ‘reorientation’, comes...

Could politicising super depoliticise it?

Coalition Senator Andrew Bragg has been outspoken in his concerns about the growing power of the industry (or union) superannuation sector. Between himself and...

Retirement incomes the new battleground for advisers

The government feels it has adequately dealt with the issue of how financial advisers go about their business. Now it is focused on the advice itself, with...

What advisers need to know about dementia

The ageing population has many implications for financial advisers – more than the growing numbers either transitioning to or already in retirement....