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Five things you should financially achieve by 70, to ensure a happy retirement. Source: Getty Images.
Experts

The top 5 financial milestones to reach by age 70

The top 5 financial milestones to reach by age 70

Here are five things you should financially achieve by 70, to ensure a happy retirement.
Finding what concessions are relevant to you can be a confusing endeavour. Source: Getty
Retirement Guide

Your guide to universal concessions for seniors

Your guide to universal concessions for seniors

Unlock further savings in retirement by accessing universal and state concessions available to you
Here's some guidance on how to manage super death taxes through educated estate planning. Source: Getty
Experts

Minimising the super death taxes through educated estate planning

Minimising the super death taxes through educated estate planning

A financial expert breaks down how to minimise super death taxes through an educated estate planning strategy.
Financial expert Noel Whittaker gives some advice. Source: Getty
News

Your retirement savings and rapid inflation: managing the cost of living as it rises

Your retirement savings and rapid inflation: managing the cost of living as it rises

Many Australians are struggling to make ends meet with the cost of living continuing to rise and the inflation rate currently sitting at 5.1 per cent, its highest peak in two decades. On May 3, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced for the first time in just over a decade, that the low-interest rate of 0.10 per cent would rise to 0.35 per cent to meet the rising cost of living.
Passwords don't pass with your passing – they stay alive. If you have kept them in a secret place or, even more securely, in that impregnable cyber space called your head, it could create a problem for others if you lose your life or your mind. Source: Getty
Experts

Our virtual lives and digital deaths

Our virtual lives and digital deaths

Passwords don't pass with your passing – they stay alive. If you have kept them in a secret place or, even more securely, in that impregnable cyberspace called your head, it could create a problem for others if you lose your life or your mind.
Noel Whittaker, better known as the Financial Wizard of Oz, has been helping Aussies make the most of their money for decades. Source: Noel Whittaker
Everyday money

Noel Whittaker’s 2 top tips for financial success that anyone can use

Noel Whittaker’s 2 top tips for financial success that anyone can use

"Credit cards are like warm, salted cashews - once you get the taste you just keep going!"
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
Age Pension

Maximise your Age Pension: Top tricks to get you more and the traps you should avoid

Maximise your Age Pension: Top tricks to get you more and the traps you should avoid

Pensioners owe it to themselves to make sure they’re getting their full entitlement. Here’s how to do it.
Retirement doesn't always go to plan, but there are ways to help prepare yourself for the unexpected. Source: Getty
Creating a retirement plan

‘Chance favours the prepared mind’: Preparing for the unexpected in retirement

‘Chance favours the prepared mind’: Preparing for the unexpected in retirement

Don't be fooled into thinking everything will be smooth sailing.
Retirement fears loom over most people, even those with more savings than others. Source: Getty.
Retirement Income

Got nearly $1M in super and still worried about retirement? You’re not alone

Got nearly $1M in super and still worried about retirement? You’re not alone

The strange thing is, many Australians die richer than they were on the day they retired.

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