The gymnastics of keeping your portfolio balanced

  One of the great things about the summer Olympic Games is that every four years you get to appreciate athletes and sports that don't enjoy saturation-level TV coverage.

Making a fairer and more sustainable Superannuation System

  Australian Government - Superannuation fact sheets

‘Winners and Losers’ from new super proposals

  After the government announced it will be shaking up its budgetary super measures – including scrapping the $500,000 lifetime cap on non-concessional contributions – Rice Warner outlined a list of key “winners and losers” from the new proposals.

Checking in on our 2016 economic outlook – and looking ahead

  At the end of 2015, Vanguard Senior Economist Roger Aliaga-Diaz, Ph.D., and Vanguard's Investment Strategy Group published an economic and market outlook for 2016 and beyond.

Advisers the key to retirement stability, research shows

  A new study has found that while a majority of Australians feel unprepared for retirement .....

The toughest tasks for self-managed super

  What are the hardest aspects of running your self-managed super fund (SMSF)?

Lawyer warns on ‘adverse’ death taxes with insurance

  An industry lawyer has urged SMSF practitioners to carefully scrutinise any life insurance arrangements .....

Don’t get distracted by super changes

  It is understandable that the continuing widespread coverage of key federal Budget proposals for super may distract some .....

A savings mirage?

  Among the pitfalls of saving and investing for retirement is to mislead ourselves about the true state of our finances.

Market Update – July 2016

  See below for key points in this update and the report itself.