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Australians feel ill-prepared for retirement, one cohort is an exception.
Personal Finance
Australians feel ill-prepared for retirement, one cohort is an exception.
Australian retirement savings in numbers.
Shani Jayamanne | 12 November 2024
Buying shares: 400,000 Aussies enter the market
Stocks
Buying shares: 400,000 Aussies enter the market
The recovery of US stocks and the profusion of new trading platforms drew huge numbers of novice traders.
Emma Rapaport | 15 March 2021
SMSFs and COVID: the biggest trends in 5 charts
Retirement
SMSFs and COVID: the biggest trends in 5 charts
Fewer funds are being set up and trustees are demanding more bang for their buck, a new survey shows.
Emma Rapaport | 25 August 2020
Aussies shun advice in retirement
Retirement
Aussies shun advice in retirement
Australian retirees are turning away from financial advice and are even reluctant to include their own life partners in the retirement planning...
Emma Rapaport | 18 November 2019
Franking debate: 3 alternative ideas to consider
Stocks
Franking debate: 3 alternative ideas to consider
The setting of the federal election date brings into sharper focus the franking debate. David Ellis suggests some alternative ideas to consider if...
Lex Hall | 11 April 2019
3 top picks in global small- and mid-caps
Video
3 top picks in global small- and mid-caps
A Danish medical device company, an American computer networking firm, and a Swiss leader in alternative asset management are among the small- to...
Lex Hall | 28 March 2019
Markets on edge amid Asia's year of elections
Markets
Markets on edge amid Asia's year of elections
Nearly 2 billion Asians head to the polls in 2019, with leadership of some of the biggest economies up for grabs, and much at stake for markets as...
Anthony Fensom | 18 March 2019
Investor support heralds return of LICs
Funds
Investor support heralds return of LICs
Sentiment towards listed investment companies may be on the mend, with upcoming initial public offerings set to test investor appetite. Are the boom...
Anthony Fensom | 15 March 2019
Three Chinese tech stocks that are taking over
Stocks
Three Chinese tech stocks that are taking over
A growing population of internet users, explosion of smartphones, social media and the rise of online shopping creates a long runway of global growth...
Vikram Barhat | 14 March 2019
How tech titans may be the new money managers
Stocks
How tech titans may be the new money managers
Amazon, Microsoft and Google stand to reap enormous rewards by convincing us to share our investments as well as our personal information.
John Rekenthaler | 06 March 2019