23 February 2015
Superannuation has been one of the great Australian success stories, with assets climbing to over 100% of GDP in two decades. But as we shift to drawdown phase, carefully protecting the assets that clients have saved over a lifetime can be just as important as creating returns in the first place.
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13 December 2014
It’s a commonly held theory that investors saving for retirement should have a reasonable proportion of growth assets in their investment portfolio. This is, of course, dependent on a range of other factors, not least their appetite for risk.
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9 September 2014
SMSFs represent more than 30 per cent of total super assets and are projected to grow to $1.5 trillion by 2026. How can you tap into this opportunity?
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23 June 2014
Australians carry a long history of having a good appetite for traditional property investment. This isn’t necessarily the case anymore. Zurich Investments looks at why investors are turning to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as an alternative to traditional bricks and mortar.
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3 March 2014
We’re often told that the past doesn’t predict the future and some may even dismiss the idea that asset classes move through their own cycles. . Either way, looking back on the performance of asset classes over the last 20 years can certainly reveal some interesting insights that are worth paying attention to.
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