Fairfax has been running a series of articles (see here and here) on the collapse of Great Southern and the hardships it has caused, a timely reminder of the perils of mixing debt, investment and tax breaks. Almost every case consists of investors borrowing to invest on the advice of a trusted ...

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Correlation doesn't equal causation. But sometimes it does. I would like to know whether the board of Macquarie are Freakonomics listeners or just unwitting participants in a glass cliff experiment - Australian edition.

Join Leith Van Onselen, Damien Klassen and Tim Fuller having a look at the Australian Labour market as it stands today. Whats the state of play? Where is the labour market trending in Australia? Do we have a new employment boom on our hands? Tactics used at Nucleus Wealth to position portfolios for ...

Vested interests are everywhere, chipping away at the moral fibre of politicians, tilting taxes in their favour and diverting resources. In a more diversified economy, the vested interests compete with each other for government favours - a waste of money I'm sure, but there is some benefit in that ...

A fascinating story of David v. Goliath has emerged in REST super member, Mark McVeigh taking the $50 billion superannuation fund to Federal Court after some frustrated attempts to find out what the fund is doing to protect his retirement savings from the risks of climate change.

ASIC's report into fees and costs has landed, just as our own superannuation solution nears release to our clients. It largely supports our experience in developing our new superannuation solution - the fee comparisons in most PDS's are a nightmare.