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Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As talks about a global recession grow louder, financial advisers and investors are repositioning their clients' nest eggs against a market crash or an economic slowdown. In the past fortnight, a JPMorgan quantitative model predicted a 60% chance ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Australian millennials are aiming to retire comfortably at 50 with $5 million in their nest egg, a new survey shows. Trading platform Stake surveyed 506 Australians and those aged between 18 and 34 said investing in US stocks will help make their goals ...

What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
Advisers paying just 1% more for investments could erode their clients' nest eggs by 26% over 30 years, according to new data modelling from InvestSMART. InvestSMART researchers found stark differences in the outcomes for investors paying different ...

Gender super gap closing but still wide

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... narrowed the superannuation gender gap by about 13 percentage points, but they still have only 72% of what men have in their nest eggs. According to Roy Morgan, women had $68,000 on an average in their superannuation balance 10 years ago, which was 59.2% ...

Super funds cut exposures to banks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Not-for-profit superannuation funds have an average of 3% less exposure to bank stocks in their equities portfolios than last year, according to recent Rainmaker research. These funds still have a large exposure to bank stocks, owning about $30 billion ...

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
This July was the driest in Australia for 16 years. Almost 100% of New South Wales and 57% of Queensland is in drought and financial advisers are dealing first-hand with the impact. The numbers are startling yet they don't come close to measuring ...

Budget means Aussies can get more from retirement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... superannuation policy, as well as helping people - especially young people just starting out in the workforce - build their retirement nest egg." The financial services provider also outlined the abolishment of exit fees on all super accounts and changes ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... slashing his balance by 25%. He then recommended the wife switch super providers from Vision Super to MyNorth for her $46,000 nest egg. Mr E didn't attempt to compare investments between funds and gave baseless reasons why they should switch funds - ...

Pre-retirees confident about nest egg: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... half (60%) of respondents are confident they will not experience any financial shortfall. One-in-four (26%) building their nest eggs and planning wisely for the future said they are very confident they will have more than enough money to draw on. Financial ...

Changing nature of advice to benefit institutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... planner leaving the industry. "Financial planners have many pre-retiree and retired clients who have insufficiently funded nest eggs needed to maintain their current lifestyles - let alone address the looming longevity gap as more and more mature age ...