Retirement Income

How to avoid the 5 biggest retirement planning mistakes

Creating a retirement plan

How to avoid the 5 biggest retirement planning mistakes

The five biggest planning mistakes include retiring too soon, underestimating your retirement costs, relying on the Age Pension and not setting specific retirement goals.

Written byJocelyn Nickels

Lifestyle

7 questions to ask yourself before you retire

7 questions to ask yourself before you retire

Transition into retirement smoothly by asking these seven questions before you make the jump.

Written byNadia Chapman

Retirement will be easier once you consider these seven questions. Source: Getty

Retirement Income

With Trilogy Funds, I know my savings are working hard for me.

With Trilogy Funds, I know my savings are working hard for me.

“Life is very big,” says Ian Healy, a Queensland-based businessman. Yes, that’s the same Ian Healy who wore the baggy...

Written byTrilogy Funds

“Soon it will be time for me to work less, but I still want my money to work hard,” Ian says.

Retirement Income

Super funds damning failure of performance test

Super funds damning failure of performance test

13 of 76 super funds failed the performance test. Find out how your super fund performed here.

Written bySuzi O'Shea

13 of 76 super funds failed the government's performance test. Source: Getty

Money Questions

‘Can I afford to buy a holiday on my modest retirement income?’

‘Can I afford to buy a holiday on my modest retirement income?’

Making the most of what we have becomes critical with relatively modest sums of money, Nick Bruining explains.

Money ExpertNick Bruining

We would like to assume that your ability to holiday some time in the future is unquestionable. Source: Getty

Age Pension

‘Can you get the Age Pension if you bank the proceeds from your home sale?’

‘Can you get the Age Pension if you bank the proceeds from your home sale?’

Homes are exempt from Centrelink's assets test but, once you sell, there are implications that need to be taken into account, Nick Bruining explains.

Money ExpertNick Bruining

Thinking of selling? Read this first! Source: Getty

Age Pension

Maximise your Age Pension: Tricks to get you more and traps you should avoid

Maximise your Age Pension: Tricks to get you more and traps you should avoid

Pensioners owe it to themselves to make sure they’re getting their full entitlement. Here’s how to do it.

Money ExpertTom Ellison

It’s important you correct the values of your assets such as, bank accounts, investments, cars, and home contents regularly. The majority of your assets depreciate over time, providing an opportunity to increase your pension. Source: Getty Images

News

New super comparison tool tackles underperforming funds

New super comparison tool tackles underperforming funds

The reforms will certainly keep the super funds honest.

Written byAnna Wall

New super changes could mean big rewards for your retirement nest egg. Source: Getty

Financial planning

‘I worked too hard all my life to keep saying no to good things in retirement’

‘I worked too hard all my life to keep saying no to good things in retirement’

Vivienne spent more than a year researching options to boost her retirement income - you might be surprised at what she chose.

Written byHousehold Capital

Vivienne Cable combined a Household Loan with the Age Pension, super and earnings from her styling consultancy to boost her income and give her an emergency nest egg. Source: Supplied.

Retirement Income

New super product guarantees retirement income for life

New super product guarantees retirement income for life

It means less time worrying about your weekly budget, and more time enjoying your retirement.

Written byQSuper

QSuper has created Lifetime Pension, an industry-first retirement product offering tax-free, fortnightly payments that never run out.

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