Stellan Capital

Three adviser firms are telling their clients to trust their portfolio structures to ride out the current market volatility largely sparked by a looming trade war.

Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones is finally addressing the retirement industry’s elephant in the room – how super funds continually fail to meet the expectations of members once they are in the pension phase.

APRA is looking at the big picture – the stability of the banking system. So, while its proposal to phase out hybrids might make sense from that perspective, it’s going to deprive many of an investment option that has delivered healthy income streams.