investment trends

Insurance

Fewer financial planners consider client-related challenges to be significant when it comes to growing insurance advice, according to a report....

Superannuation

Superannuation fund loyalty is on the rise, with members more likely to stay with their fund when they change jobs than previously, although members are reporting that it...

Features and Analysis

Superannuation funds’ adoption of technology for both their internal and external operations has been growing over the last five years. Hannah Wootton looks at what they’...

Financial advice

Only one-third of Australians believe they will reach their retirement goals without the aid of a planner, according to Investment Trends’ Retirement Planner report. ...

Financial advice

Going forward, financial planners must move to a model of radical transparency in order to retain clients and remain relevant....

Features and Analysis

The amount of income needed in retirement is both varied and hard to reach. But, as Hannah Wootton finds, there are choices in both structures and investments that provid...

Superannuation

Super funds across the board are fighting to improve member engagement both with technology and around insurance, while newer funds are finding success with value-based p...

SMSF

Despite 82 per cent of self-managed superannuation funds believing diversification is important, just 54 per cent believe their portfolio is diversified enough, according...

Financial advice

Financial planners in the retirement space are most concerned about mitigating longevity and market risks, with less concern being expressed over regulatory uncertainty t...

Superannuation

New research has confirmed that low account balance superannuation fund members are as likely to look to their super fund for retirement income advice as they are to ask ...

SMSF

Self-managed superannuation fund investors are increasing their investment allocation in exchange traded funds and managed funds, as they lean away from direct shares, In...

Superannuation

New research suggests superannuation funds need to help members engage with aged care costs and issues, according to Investment Trends....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

4 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

4 months 1 week ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

4 months 1 week ago

The property group, owned by industry super fund Aware Super, has announced two new projects with a total construction value of $320 million that will add more than 700 h...

9 hours ago

A member of the super fund has approached ASIC to investigate potentially misleading or deceptive representations by UniSuper regarding the holdings of its sustainable po...

10 hours ago

The median growth fund delivered 1.9 per cent in March, adding to the “stunning” rally that has seen super funds gain 11 per cent since November....

16 hours ago