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Current Edition Volume 4 Number 3 Subscribe to The Australian Journal of Financial Planning Events Calendar March 10 - Praemium Business Solutions Conference 10 - ASX event - portfolio construction 11 - ASX Instalment warrants - Enhancing your clients portfolio 15 - CMSF 2010 16 - CMSF 2010 Rainmaker iTV The Decision Makers - Interest Rates & Cash Opportunities Research Platform Report Hedge Funds Mandate Chaser Roundup Advantage Benchmarking Contact Us	Superannuation and Retirement Planning Articles Motivating Retirement Planning By Lester Wills \| 0 Comments For many Australians, retirement planning is a distant thought. According to Dr Lester Wills, many studies have already shown that a majority of us are not planning for retirement properly. In his paper, he outlines the attitude most people have about saving for their retirement. He also lists a number of behavioural and psychological reasons why people are resistant to saving now for a comfortable future, something financial planners would be useful to take into consideration when motivating their clients to save for their retirement. Read article Why Does Capital Protection Have to Be So Hard? By Tony Rumble \| 0 Comments The relevance of financial planners is under increasing scrutiny from investors and regulators. APRA's June 2009 paper Investment performance ranking of superannuation firms questions the value of traditional managed funds and pose important questions for financial planners. In response to the paper, Tony Rumble stress tests different forms of capital protection and assesses their risks and benefits to demonstrate how each one can be used with maximum efficiency. He also shows how advisers can select and implement prudent protection for various client risk profiles, and why this will be key to building portfolios using a core + satellite approach; and how and why key asset classes for the next five years demand the inclusion of protection as part of prudent portfolio construction - which may involve high rotation of satellites around a longer term core. Read article
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