Debt free equity release continuing to be a popular alternative to Reverse Mortgages

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A review released this week by ASIC into the reverse mortgage market in Australia, has drawn attention to the need for safe and certain equity release solutions for older homeowners.... Read more continue reading

UniSuper reduces admin fee to boost retirement savings of casual and young members

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UniSuper, the $72 billion super fund for the higher education and research sector, has announced a significant reduction in its annual administration fee, further lowering the cost of superannuation for over... Read more continue reading

Smaller investors and instos expected to increase allocations to unlisted infrastructure

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Despite a recent rise in the number of listed infrastructure fund offerings, smaller investors have largely been excluded from the increasingly popular unlisted infrastructure assets. That is changing, according to... Read more continue reading

Protecting your inheritance from the lender

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The growth in use of reverse mortgages by asset rich, cash poor seniors is increasing rapidly. As is the awareness by their children that this new debt facility will decrease... Read more continue reading

OnePath OneCare lists on HUB24

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ANZ’s OnePath has made its OneCare life insurance available through HUB24, providing advisers and their clients with a greater selection of insurance products. OneCare offers advisers a comprehensive range of... Read more continue reading

Pension Loan Scheme not assessable income

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Much excitement was generated by the May Budget announcement to extend the Pension Loan Scheme (PLS). “This proposed to allow full pensioners, part pensioners and self-funded retirees greater opportunities to... Read more continue reading

Hold the champagne: The bond market’s ‘new pessimism’

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I’m a bond guy, and as a paid-up member of the bond managers union (BMU), I must acknowledge that bond managers have a reputation for pessimism. Some of our more... Read more continue reading

Life after accumulation: Vanguard launches suite of retirement research

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Vanguard has launched a new suite of research aimed at helping Australians plan for a comfortable retirement. Vanguard’s Investment Strategy Group has developed tools which can assist investors and their... Read more continue reading

Refinancing your mortgage – Is it really worth it?

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According to Chris Straw, mortgage finance expert and co-founder of You‘re Welcome Finance, one of Australia’s leading finance brokers, despite all the recent changes to the finance sector and Australia’s enjoyment of some of the lowest interest rates in... Read more continue reading

How to own your home faster – Home ownership acceleration guide

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Offset An offset account is a bank account just like your transaction account and savings account, however, you do not earn interest. Rather, it offsets the interest you pay on... Read more continue reading