Alex Dunnin Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd What was Australia's top performing super fund in FY 2018? Was it the Triple S responsible option's 9.8%? Was it Qantas' 11.6% that they achieved for their millennial life stage members? Was ... Obsessive reaction to the Budget bank tax is distracting many people from properly appreciating the power play that is the First Home Super Savings Scheme (FHSSS). This is because in setting up a scheme ... Australian consumers have a new enemy. While much is made about some financial advice and insurance scandals, excessive fees, poor disclosure and low accountability, at least these problems have become ... As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States it's time to seriously assess how his presidency will impact global investors. The easy part of this is how it will impact US fiscal ... Dysfunctional arguments Americans have regarding their Affordable Care Act remind us how poorly most people understand insurance. Following the election of Donald Trump on 8th November speculation is growing ... Baby boomer parents must be so proud. Fearing their young people were refusing to learn from the wisdom of their elders it seems Australia's young millennials have been listening more intently than anyone ... The superannuation industry may bemoan perpetual inquiries but that didn't prevent a frenzied reaction to the Productivity Commission's latest issues paper into how the PC may recommend to government a ... There was thinking that defining the objective of superannuation in legislation would fix things. Not so apparently. Sunday newspapers reported recently that families were being granted access to their ... As a young high school teacher in country NSW, parent teacher nights were events to dread: "You don't have children do you, Mr Dunnin?" "No," I would answer. "It shows," they would say back to me with ... Musician and guitarist Paul Kantner from the iconic San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane once famously said "if you can remember anything about the sixties you weren't really there". Kantner ... |
| | JAMIE WILLIAMSON The average returns for MySuper products dropped to 1.9% in the 12 months to November 2018. | JAMIE WILLIAMSON The sale of ANZ's pension and investments business may take longer than anticipated with contracts now amended following APRA's regulatory action against IOOF. | | | JAMIE WILLIAMSON A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. | KARREN VERGARA The Productivity Commission's aim to overhaul the superannuation system has divided Financial Standard's readership in our latest spot poll. |
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