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Retirement
Outliving your savings
Concerned about outliving your savings? Discover essential tips to ensure your retirement income lasts as long as you do. Learn how to plan effectively with superannuation, Age Pension, and lifetime annuities.
... read moreWhy investing for retirement is different
When you’re still employed and earning a salary, there’s money coming in you can rely on. In retirement, in the absence of a regular salary you’ll need to find a new way to secure enough income to cover your living costs.
... read moreHow much do I need in retirement?
How much you need to save for a comfortable retirement is a question many of us ask. While we all hope for a simple answer, how much money you need in retirement differs for everyone.
... read moreVolatility Bites: How Retirees can Manage Jumpy Markets
The 2020 COVID-19 share sell off and recent equity market volatility shows just how quickly share prices can move.
... read moreRetirees: How to beat Inflation before it beats you
Investors with long memories – or a good education – will recall the bad old days when inflation was the economic bogeyman. It broke Germany’s Weimar Republic in the 1930s and nearly cratered America’s economy in the 1970s.
... read moreDo You Need An Advanced Care Plan?
Did you know that Australia has a Government organisation known as the Australian Digital Health Agency? This is the organisation managing all of our My Health Records and can also be the repository of your Advance Care Planning document (ACP).
... read moreRetire On Your Own Terms
Retirement should be the start of a new chapter in your life – perhaps the most exciting of all. The big question, of course, is how you pay for it without a regular pay cheque. A simple way to think about retirement income is by splitting your needs into two parts:
... read moreBy contributing into your super, you can reduce the amount of tax you pay while adding to your future retirement income. What i
Are you dreaming about an earlier retirement, but unsure how to go about it? According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 40 per cent of Aussie men and 35 per cent of Aussie women are planning to work past age 70 because they are worried about their ‘financial security’ in retirement.
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