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7 considerations for the last decade before retirement
If you’re in your 50s or early 60s, it may be time to have a long, hard look at your finances – and in particular, your super – to give you the best chance of a happy retirement.
- by Simon Webster
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Opinion
First-home buyers
First home buyer super plan is election window dressing
The Coalition plan to allow first home buyers to dip into their super to help pay a deposit is unlikely to help many people to get a foot on the property ladder.
- by John Collett
Opinion
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Gift or loan? The best way to help your children
If your superannuation fund is in pension mode, there would be no CGT on assets liquidated to help provide the money you wish to gift.
- by Noel Whittaker
What is super and how does it work? Your guide
You’ve been putting aside money for it your whole working life - but what is super, and when can you access it?
- by John Collett
Opinion
Investing
Tracking down long-lost investments
Tracking down lost investments can be complex, so it usually pays to get some help from a financial professional.
- by George Cochrane
Analysis
Superannuation
Inflation threatens super funds’ pandemic recovery
Super fund balances are higher than they were just before the pandemic, but returns for this financial year could disappoint.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Retirement living
The retiree concessions you didn’t know existed
National Seniors Australia has developed a new online concessions calculator to help retirees to wade through the eligibility minefield.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
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Putting money into super is better than taking a punt on market prices
If you cash out of your super to buy silver and gold, you are simply taking a punt on the price of those commodities, whereas super funds spread their holdings across a broad range of investment assets.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
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Is putting long-service leave payment into super a good idea?
Where a person has an option to take long-service leave as regular payments, a good option is to stretch it out for as long as possible, say by taking half-pay, before starting to access your super.
- by George Cochrane
Climate action: how does your super fund stack up?
The exposure of large super funds to fossil-fuel investments has been revealed for the first time, thanks to new rules that force them to disclose their portfolio holdings.
- by John Collett
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Super savers: lessons learnt from COVID-19
For Australians, whose superannuation funds are typically heavily exposed to domestic and international shares, the COVID crash had been a test of nerve.
- by Simon Webster