Forewarned is forearmed: The quixotic challenge of today's equity marketsBY HUGH SELBY-SMITH | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025 1:39PM Like Don Ǫuixote, today's markets are driven by powerful narratives, and there is value in stepping back to examine what's actually hiding in plain sight.
 LRBAs can use one bare trustee for multiple bare trustsA common question we get asked when a client's self managed superannuation fund ('SMSF') is undertaking a limited recourse borrowing arrangements ('LRBA') ...  MySuper keeps deliveringJune 2017 was an exciting month for MySuper. It hit not one but two major milestones.  The politics of superannuationThere is a lot being written about innovation and disruption in superannuation with the emergence of new superannuation funds focused on millennials and ...  Super funds just another brick in the wallAustralia's superannuation system is a national treasure with two primary goals: helping Australians save for retirement and investing in nation building. MySuper returns above 10% plus someThe SelectingSuper MySuper index has delivered a stunning 10.4% for the 2016-17 financial year, marking eight consecutive positive annual returns since ...  Blockchain on insurtech doorstepA recent visit to the Australian Technology Park in Sydney and a subsequent media briefing at the CSIRO and Data61 offices made me ponder how many financial ... First it was Super 2.0, now it is APRA 2.0Superannuation strategists are wise to hold fire before putting too much weight behind the government's latest round of proposed structural reforms. Strategists' ... Does group insurance need to be sold and not bought?The old adage that life insurance is sold not bought has been derided for some time, but with increased pressure on the value of default superannuation ... MySuper, MyRetirement, my oath sign me upIt all started innocently enough. In June this year ASFA put out a seemingly innocuous media release that tried to report the extra superannuation capital ...  We need to lift our ambitions for superannuationFor too long, Australians have had too small a vision for our superannuation system. |
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
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