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Expert Analysis

With the Financial Services Council locked in litigation with the Fair Work Commission over default funds, Mike Taylor wonders whether the changes wrought via the Cooper ...

Expert Analysis

Both retail master trusts and industry superannuation funds have been losing members to self-managed superannuation funds and this is only likely to change by offering im...

Superannuation

The top 10 performing growth funds for the year included a number of industry funds, according to Chant West director Warren Chant....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds will finish in the black this financial year, according to Chant West and SuperRatings, who said diversification was integral to positive returns....

Superannuation

Returns for median growth superannuation funds were up for the fourth consecutive month to the end of April, but performance looks set to be tested amid mounting fears ov...

Superannuation

A strong first quarter has seen default superannuation fund options close in on their pre-global financial crisis highs, according to data from Chant West and SuperRating...

Superannuation

The median superannuation fund limited its losses to 2.6 per cent for the 2011 calendar year, despite much larger losses in share markets in Australia and overseas, accor...

Insurance

Insurance is the worst disclosed area of superannuation, with insurance premium disclosure making it very difficult to compare superannuation funds....

Insurance

There is a huge disparity between the cheapest insurance and the most expensive, with some super funds having upped their premiums by 150 per cent over the past two years...

Funds management

The median growth fund (61-80 per cent growth assets) has posted a 1.2 per cent gain in October, despite investment market apprehensions, according to Chant West data....

Funds management

Super fund members can anticipate double digit growth second year in a row of about 13 per cent to 30 June....

Financial advice

ESI Financial Services will use Zenith in place of Standard and Poor’s....

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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. ...

1 year 6 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 7 months 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 ...

1 year 7 months ago

SuperRatings has shared the top 10 balanced options of the last financial year....

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Global investor sentiment is becoming “toppy”, but overweight positions on equities are yet to reach extreme levels, according to a recent Bank of America survey....

23 hours ago

Rest Super remains “fully committed” to equities, even as it anticipates higher market volatility than experienced in previous decades....

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