Hewison Insights

In the first episode of 2019, Nathan and Glenn discuss the report recently released by the Productivity Commission. The report provides a number of recommendations to improve the superannuation system in Australian. Hear what Nathan and Glenn's views are on the pros and cons of some of these recommendations.

In my Blog post back in July 2018  ‘Your Superannuation. Can you sleep at night’ I wrote about how although the 2017/18 financial year represented the ninth consecutive year of positive returns for superannuation funds, that it was important to look beyond the return your fund was generating and understand the investment risk that you were exposed to. Now it's more important than ever to understand this which I outline in this week's Blog.

There’s evidence to suggest that social comparisons explain more of the variation in financial wellbeing than a person’s actual income level, age, gender or education. So to improve our financial wellbeing, it’s important we get our social comparisons right! 

It is that time again where we farewell the year that was and launch into the year that could be…. or should I say WILL BE!

While many of us will write down our goals for 2019, we should also focus on what we want to achieve in the long term – beyond just a year. Here's what I mean:

In the final episode for 2018 Nathan and Glenn review the major talking points within financial services, investment and financial planning for 2018.