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Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC
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Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute
|The government has been encouraged to create a regulatory framework that empowers superannuation trustees to offer members targeted help, guidance, and advice (HGA) on issues outlined in the Retirement Income Review (RIC).
SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes
The SMSF Association and Chartered Accounts ANZ (CA ANZ) have urgently called for the rejection of a newly proposed bill that would double tax on many Australians superannuation earnings.
Cover Story
A fresh start
JONATHAN ARMITAGE
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Colonial First State chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage has a clear-eyed focus on positioning the fund manager as the first choice for retirement and investment savings. Anchoring this ambition is a commitment to delivering stellar investment outcomes, a tenet that's served as his career North Star. Andrew McKean writes.
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Lessons from "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street"
Netflix's series "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street" was confronting summer viewing - the harrowing stories of investors losing everything.
What Australians did with their super when COVID struck
Commonwealth Bank data shows the Australians who withdrew super spent more, but paid down their debt.
Equities: Why it's too early for investors to relax
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2023's investor reality check
The latest ASX Australian Investor Study has just been released and the survey of 5,500 Australian adults is a terrific investment market reality check.
