| Hi Aris, Welcome to this week's edition of Smart Investing. Vanguard has just released new research showing Australia has more money being held in savings accounts than in capital market investments. While there are a range of reasons for this, we've estimated at least $185 billion in excess cash could be unlocked if additional retail investment reforms were introduced to help more Australians become investors. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar has fallen more than 9% this year on the back of a global reconsideration of U.S. dollar-denominated assets amid heightened trade tensions, rising fiscal concerns, and institutional uncertainty. This has driven international equity outperformance, but our second article notes that currency is likely to play a smaller role in future returns. Lastly, in our latest investment and economic outlook, we survey the global economy and highlight our long-term financial market performance forecasts. | |
| Know someone with a retirement story to share? | | For the last two years, Vanguard Australia has produced the How Australia Retires Report, a study exploring Australians’ attitudes towards retirement and how they feel about this phase of life. We are looking for working professionals aged in their 30s to 40s who are willing to share their personal stories around how they are juggling their finances between saving for retirement and funding their everyday living expenses including their rent or mortgage. We are also looking for people aged in their 50s who would like to retire soon but realise they may have to work longer to increase their superannuation balance, or because they still have a mortgage. | | | |
| | Retail investment reforms hold key to driving greater financial security. Read article | |
|
|
|
| | U.S. dollar depreciation this year has driven international equity outperformance. Read article | |
|
|
|
| | Our latest forecasts for investment returns and region-by-region economic outlook. Read article | |
|
|
|
| How personal data could boost your retirement income by up to 50% Tailoring your retirement strategy based on your household data could be invaluable. Learn more | |
|
|
|
| Multiple super accounts can erode your retirement savings Millions of Australians hold multiple super accounts — and it could be costing them. Learn more | |
|
|
|
| How financial advice can reduce stress and save time Vanguard research explores the benefits investors can derive from financial advice. Learn more | |
|
|
|
| Unsubscribe. When you unsubscribe via the link, you will be unsubscribing to all Vanguard Australia marketing emails. | |
| Vanguard and its employees wish to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia where we operate our business. We recognise their connection to the land, water and culture and wish to pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd (ABN 72 072 881 086 / AFS Licence 227263) (VIA) is the product issuer and operator of Vanguard Personal Investor. Vanguard Super Pty Ltd (ABN 73 643 614 386 / AFS Licence 526270) (the Trustee) is the trustee and product issuer of Vanguard Super (ABN 27 923 449 966). The Trustee has contracted with VIA to provide some services for Vanguard Super. Any general advice is provided by VIA. The Trustee and VIA are both wholly owned subsidiaries of The Vanguard Group, Inc (collectively, "Vanguard"). We have not taken yours or your clients‘ circumstances into account when preparing this email so it may not be applicable to the particular situation you are considering. You should consider yours and your clients‘ circumstances, and our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) before making any investment decision or recommendation. Distributors of our products must consider our Target Market Determinations ("TMDs") which describe the investors for whom the product would likely be appropriate and consistent with their objectives, financial situation and needs. You can access our PDSs and TMDs at www.vanguard.com.au or by calling 1300 655 101. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. Our electronic publications are prepared in good faith and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions. Not all articles are prepared by Vanguard so they may not represent our views and opinions. Vanguard Investments Australia Limited is in no way responsible for the content or loss resulting from use of any website owned by a third party that may be linked to this email via a hyperlink. © 2025 Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. All rights reserved. Use of cookies If you click through to the vanguard.com.au website from this email, a cookie may be placed on your computer to enable Vanguard or our third party service providers to collect information about your use of the vanguard.com.au website to support website performance, enhance site navigation, improve our web design and functionality and tailor our communications to you regarding our products and services. The information collected by Vanguard or our service providers does not include personal information that could be used to identify you such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, or account information. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system may set cookies when you visit the site. You may choose to remove or disable cookies via your browser. Google Analytics uses data when you access the Vanguard website. For more information, see "HOW GOOGLE USES INFORMATION FROM SITES OR APPS THAT USE OUR SERVICES," located at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics at the following location: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout . To learn more about how Vanguard uses cookies, please visit the Vanguard Cookie Policy. By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described above. Terms and conditions of use | Disclaimers| Privacy policy| Cookie policy | |