Scott Keeley

Highly anticipated new consumer price data showed the inflation rate in Australia hit its highest level since 1990 in the December quarter. But analysts are mixed on whether inflation will moderate later this year or become more entrenched.

The ATO recently announced a rule review that could see the cost of advice fees become tax deductible, a change many in the industry say would expand access to quality financial advice by making it more affordable.

Vanguard Australia recently launched a superannuation product aimed at undercutting competitors, with a low-cost default fund option that adjusts automatically as savers age.

Australians should be putting more money into superannuation and diversifying out of property, some say, even as super performance remains a question mark.

As interest rates creep north, advisers extoll the virtue of investing away from the family home and into a diversified suite of assets.