Rampant volatility and uncertainty is challenging asset managers to seek out alternative fund styles and investment mixes to deliver income and greater certainty to investors.
However the explosion of a raft of new esoteric and non-esoteric fund styles in the UK is creating education challenges, as research has …
Questions regarding the Government’s opt-in reform dominated the debate at the recent FPA conference in Brisbane, despite efforts from most panel members and the facilitator Tony Jones, host of the ABC’s Lateline and Q&A, to steer it away from this topic.
Federal Member for Oxley and namesake of …
I’m going to start this article with some numbers, but stick with me on this – I think you’ll find potentially riveting – especially if you are working in the field of retirement.
According to the United Nations, a couple of weeks ago, on October 31 at 11 …
The Australian Government’s decision to abolish the age limit for the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) is a win for working women and older Australians, but also a stark reality check that the ‘retirement dream’ is a vastly different concept from what it was 50 years ago.
The average superannuation …
With all the volatility in the markets lately, it’s little wonder that people are worried about their retirement.
While two in five people (40.6%) say they are likely to meet their retirement income needs, a further two in five (39.1%) say they are unlikely to do so.
But …
Last week heralded the entrance of a surprising new player into the UK pensions arena – ATP, the huge, Danish-backed pension provider.
ATP has operated the Livslang Pension in Denmark since 1964 and claims to have made average annualised returns of 7.4% over the past decade.
It’s an …
