Superannuation

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Retirement doesn’t have to be something you fall into. It can be something you ease into, deliberately, and on your own terms.

Why Australians fear this stage of life more than we think

Once upon a time, retirement was the prize at the end of the grind. But work has changed.

  • Bec Wilson

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There is a wide array of potential ways that you could invest this money.

We’ve just sold our $1.2m investment property. What should we do with the money?

Think first about what your objectives are when parking extra funds.

  • Paul Benson
Despite weak household spending, the jobs market has been resilient.

What about the 1.2 million Australians who receive no super tax breaks?

As tax brackets have changed, the low income super tax offset has not.

  • Robbie Campo
A nest egg.

Do you know whether your super fund is ready for your retirement?

The gap between where the super industry is today and where it needs to be is wide.

  • Bec Wilson
David Anderson (left) and Paul Chiodo.

The quiet partnership behind a $1 billion superannuation collapse

The men behind the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund have more in common than the regulator has been letting on. This is their story.

  • Sarah Danckert
The men who drove the marketing campaign for the First Guardian Master Fund and the Shield Master Fund.

The Dubai connection that laid the seeds for a $1b superannuation disaster

The origins of a scheme that pumped 12,000 Australians into doomed funds came on the instructions of a man in the UAE.

  • Sarah Danckert
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We all make choices as to the tasks we do ourselves, versus those that we pay someone else to do.

I’m five years out from retirement. Is it worth paying for financial advice?

We all face the problem of “you don’t know what you don’t know”.

  • Paul Benson
Retirement.

A call to action for mid-lifers: Rethink retirement

Younger Australians have a remarkable power of choice over when to retire, but most don’t know what to do with it.

  • Bec Wilson
Superannuation.

If two people each have $4 million in super, how would the tax work?

The cut‑in point for taxing unrealised capital gains is based on the total balance for each member.

  • Noel Whittaker
Mortgage competition was atypical the ACCC says.

The big home ownership mistake many of us make

The more expensive your home, usually the longer your journey to financial independence.

  • Paridhi Jain