
Beyond super: Our other personal investment market
Many investors may not realise that Australia's super and non-super personal investment markets are almost equal in value.
Many investors may not realise that Australia's super and non-super personal investment markets are almost equal in value.
Many investors may not realise that Australia's super and non-super personal investment markets are almost equal in value.
The following links give you access to the specific issues and topics addressed in the 2017-18 Budget.
Comprehensive Budget overview : 27 sections covering every aspect of this year's Budget plus 6 Appendix of support information.
For those who like to 'get under the bonnet'
The global economy has maintained steady growth in the second quarter of 2017, providing a solid foundation for risk assets such as equities and corporate credit which further encourages investors to build a diversified portfolio, according to JP Morgan.
The marriage and divorce statistics for 2015 sadly suggest that 43 per cent of Australian marriages may end in divorce. Significantly, this number-crunching does not include separations of de facto couples.
The following link is a handy ABS tool if you want to see the demographic make-up of the area you lived as recorded in the 2011 Census. 2016 Census information starts becoming available from June 2017.
In the coming weeks, the ATO will be distributing letters and guidance notes designed to help practitioners explain issues relating to the superannuation reforms to clients, says a technical expert.
Think about what has happened in the six months since Treasury secretary John Fraser spoke of his concerns for retirement savings of parents who help their children into housing by making withdrawals from “the bank of mum and dad”.