During share market falls in the early parts of 2020, some Mercer members considered moving their super into a cash investment option.
On Sunday 22 March 2020, the Federal Government announced that eligible individuals will be able to access up to $10,000 of their super for the next two financial years
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Markets have fallen sharply but long-term investors can ride out the storm.
Coronavirus concerns have continued to impact global share markets in recent days.
The final weeks of 2019 were filled with bad news but the share market continued to perform strongly.
Without doubt the topic of house prices pops up at dinner tables, backyards, cafés and sports grounds all around Australia.
In December 2018 the United States and China agreed to defer tariff increases and exercise a temporary trade-war truce, giving economists hope that the faltering global economy would rev up again
After a month of record local highs and a US rate cut, financial markets are now focused on the continuing US-China trade tensions and uncertainty around Brexit.
A lot has happened in financial markets over the past six months. We take a look at the ups and downs and consider what lies ahead.
After an optimistic April, sentiment soured in May as US-China tensions shake the global markets.
Asia-Pacific economies are expected to grow by 5.6% in the two years to 2021 however, serious risks lie ahead.
Widespread concern about the global markets began to ease in April as more positive data began to appear.
Billions of dollars in tax cuts for middle income earners took centre stage last night in this election-year Budget.
A new plan argues that investing in the domestic recycling sector could have substantial benefits.
The World Bank has warned growing trade tensions risk plunging the world into another global financial crisis.
With household savings at near record lows and rising levels of debt, are middle-class Australians are living in poverty?
Mercer Financial Advice leader Richard Ebbs says there's plenty in this budget for young super members and older folk.
With a Federal Election due in 2019 it’s not only government announcements that warrant investors’ attention.
14,000 new high-level home care packages to help older Australians stay in their own homes have been announced.
Who grew your Valentine’s Day roses? And what does the rest of the year have in store for growers?
Over the 2016-17 financial year China accounted for roughly a quarter of Australia's two-way trade.
Old enemies can sometimes become great bedfellows - the ties between Australia and Japan.
India is enjoying a stellar economic run and is now hot on China’s heels for the title of world’s fastest growing economy.
Generation X is the least “financially fit generation” in Australia, according to recent research.
Australians dream of financial independence but only a few have a practical plan to achieve it.
When the Chinese pack their bags for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, they do it in big numbers.
New Zealand is Australia’s sixth-largest market, taking about 5% of our exports, including computer parts.
Owning a home is just as much the “Great Australian Dream” for Gen-Y as it was for their parents and grandparents.
Germany is Australia’s ninth-largest trade partner, with two-way goods and services trade valued at $19.7 billion in 2015-16.
Along with Switzerland, Australia has the highest proportion of immigrants in the Western world.
