Mar 22, 2020

Today the Government announced further measures to provide financial assistance to individuals and households at this difficult time. At the time of writing, Federal Parliament plans to meet tomorrow (23 March) to pass the necessary legislation to incorporate these changes.

Jan 28, 2020

During 2019, share markets around the world shrugged off concerns about trade wars and slowing global growth and ended up performing very strongly. Fixed interest markets, which generally offer more subdued returns, experienced a good year too...

Dec 2, 2019

ClearView Chief Investment Officer, Justin McLaughlin, hosts a monthly webinar where he gives his views on key economic and market indicators, and how investors may be impacted...

Dec 2, 2019

Mental health is becoming an increasingly important and relevant topic in the life insurance industry. As advisers you may be seeing this firsthand through client relationships and the types of claims being made...

Nov 6, 2019

Injury and illness are associated with obvious physical impairment but non-physical impairment may play an important role too. Physical issues can be followed up with a tangible program of rehabilitation but what happens when the side effects are more psychological in nature?...

Nov 6, 2019

Interest rates in Australia have fallen to record lows in 2019, with the cash rate at a meagre 75 basis points. Low interest rates are not unique to Australia - interest rates around the world are very low and in many cases are the lowest on record...

Aug 1, 2019

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in Australia there are around 3.3 million people aged over 65 who represent 14.4% of the population. This is expected to rise to 8.3 million (or 23%) by 2050. The net wealth accumulated by older adults is more than $900 billion...

Jul 2, 2019

A lot has been written about the new Protecting Your Super (PYS) package which was passed as law in April. With the first mandated member communications on these being required to be sent by the 1 May, ClearView had to accept this legislation at face value and...