Standard & Poor’s Fund Services rates the Challenger Guaranteed Income Fund (GIF) and Challenger Guaranteed Annuity (GA) as ‘SOUND’. The rating reflects an acceptable, albeit mediocre risk/return profile relative to... Read more continue reading
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CPD: The end of tax certainty? Adviser use-cases for investment bonds after Budget 2026Why your peers are talking about investment bonds again A critical foundation of strategic financial advice is certainty about how a financial structure will be taxed, now and into the [...]
CPD: Maximising super contributions before retirementFor clients in their fifties and early sixties, superannuation stops being a distant concept and becomes a countdown. This article, proudly sponsored by Allianz Retire+, explores how clients can maximise [...]
CPD: Trust – the unseen foundation of ethical financial adviceTrust sits at the heart of every successful financial advice relationship. In this article, proudly sponsored by GSFM, the importance of the trust relationship and its link to ethical practice [...]
CPD: ASIC’s 2026 review of qualification compliance – practical implicationsImagine you were qualified but nobody told ASIC Imagine you had met the exacting educational standards to practice as a financial adviser, but someone didn’t tell ASIC, or at least, [...]
CPD: The Two-Chapter retirement – a framework for understanding retiree psychologyIntroduction Why do financially secure retirees still hesitate to spend, or commit to strategies that would clearly improve their outcomes? This article sets out the Two-Chapter Retirement framework, a new [...]