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How to shift into pension mode
Personal Finance
How to shift into pension mode
How do you start accessing your super funds when you stop working, or maybe even before you stop working? This covers the basics, including how to...
Tony Kaye | 14 February 2025
10 reasons owning your home beats super in retirement
Retirement
10 reasons owning your home beats super in retirement
Since the introduction of compulsory super, the industry has pushed its members to put as much as possible into super. It has been a disservice to...
Graham Hand | 13 August 2024
Why the Government will continue to target super and the pension
Retirement
Why the Government will continue to target super and the pension
An aging population will drive policy decisions. 
James Gruber | 25 July 2024
Are you paying tax due to not starting a super pension?
Retirement
Are you paying tax due to not starting a super pension?
Pension payments in super after the age of 60 are tax free and anyone over 65 can switch their super into a pension account even if they do not...
Graham Hand | 23 July 2024
My eye-opening retirement audit
Personal Finance
My eye-opening retirement audit
I recently set a goal and worked out the required rate of return for my retirement portfolio. The results gave me plenty to think about.
Joseph Taylor | 19 June 2024
A retirement readiness checklist
Retirement
A retirement readiness checklist
Evaluating your retirement plan can be more manageable if you break it into smaller steps.
Christine Benz | 11 April 2023
Why homeowner retirees should not ‘run out of money’
Retirement
Why homeowner retirees should not ‘run out of money’
Many retirees worry that they'll ‘run out of money’, but what many really mean is they won't be able to afford the lifestyle they want.
Graham Hand | 16 January 2023
10 charts to farewell 2021: Charts of the year
Markets
10 charts to farewell 2021: Charts of the year
Working from home, inflation and the curious case of the Australian home.
Lewis Jackson | 20 December 2021
10 reasons wealthy homeowners shouldn't receive welfare
Retirement
10 reasons wealthy homeowners shouldn't receive welfare
Thousands of age pensioners are now wealthy beyond their wildest dreams; they did one brilliant thing that set them up for life and retirement.
Graham Hand | 16 September 2021
Expect to be retired for a long time: Chart of the Week
Stocks
Expect to be retired for a long time: Chart of the Week
Last week we looked at pension spending and the age of retirement. Today we look at how increasing life expectancy could mean young people need an...
Lewis Jackson | 07 June 2021