Your 2019 Federal Budget update!

On Tuesday 2 April, the Federal Government released their 2019-20 Budget. There were few superannuation changes, but we’ve summarised the main proposals affecting AvSuper’s members below, and provided some thoughts on how we believe the measures may apply in practice, should they become law. With a federal election expected to [...]

2022-02-07T18:18:30+11:005 April 2019|

February 2019 investment update

Investment update for February 2019 More signs of global economic slowdown Equity markets mostly rebounded from the rocky end of 2018 and stabilised in February. Despite the concerns of a global slowdown, equity markets have regained some momentum. Inflationary pressures remained relatively flat. Some key regions such as Europe and [...]

2022-02-07T14:22:18+11:0026 March 2019|

December 2018 living standards

For a modest lifestyle (better than a Government pension but fairly simple living), the annual guidelines are now $27,648 for a single or $39,775 for a couple. For a more comfortable lifestyle, the estimates are $43,317 for a single and $60,977 for a couple. This equates to approximately the following [...]

2022-02-07T14:09:53+11:001 March 2019|

January 2019 investment update

Investment update for January 2019 Broad recovery in risk assets In January, share markets across the globe rallied and re-gained some of the losses incurred in the December quarter. The US equity market outperformed global equities. Up nearly 20% in January, a jump in the price of oil was largely [...]

2022-02-07T14:54:34+11:0020 February 2019|