Boost your super covers how much your employer must pay into your superannuation fund, how much you can contribute, the tax-free bonus the Government gives you, contribution strategies and everything you need to know about making personal superannuation contributions.
Boost your super also has special sections on Superannuation Guarantee (SG), Co-contributions and Salary Sacrifice
Is bigger better when considering where to invest your super money? Do the larger super funds deliver higher longer-term returns than the smaller superannuation funds? The short, and safe, answer of course is: it depends on the super fund, including the asset allocation of the investment option and … [Read more...]
Discovering the best-performing super funds is always exciting reading (at least for me) and whenever we publish articles covering this topic, they prove very popular among our hundreds of thousands of SuperGuide readers. The top-performing balanced investment option over the 10-year period to 30 … [Read more...]
Note: This article is updated regularly with the latest lifestyle/income data, and latest Age Pension rates. The most recent data was released in November 2013 (for lifestyle costs up to September 2013) and includes September 2013 Age Pension rates (which apply until March 2014). Due to reader … [Read more...]
Note: This article is updated regularly with the latest lifestyle/income data. The most recent data was released in November 2013 (for lifestyle costs as at September 2013), and includes Age Pension rates effective from September 2013 (until March 2014). Due to reader demand and due to volatile … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 6.8% in value for the 4 months to 31 October 2013 (and returned 1.8% for the month of October) with shares and listed property driving performance, according to rating company Chant West. Performance tables for the 5 main investment options offered by … [Read more...]
The Liberal Party and National Party Coalition are now in government and the superannuation agenda has shifted slightly, although the LNP has not yet confirmed all of its pre-election superannuation policies. Outlined below is a quick recap of the LNP’s position on current and proposed … [Read more...]
Before I wrote Super Freedom, I had often discussed the need for a practical non-technical book for women on superannuation. The first question I was asked when I told some female friends that I was writing a book for women on superannuation and retirement was: ‘Why does there need to be a book on … [Read more...]
How much money do you need in retirement to live a lifestyle free of everyday money worries? For many Australians, this means a lifestyle where you can pay your bills without financial stress, you can enjoy an occasional holiday (or many!), you can maintain your car and house, and you can buy gifts … [Read more...]
With a Dickensian flourish, ill-timed before Christmas, the federal government is hell-bent on repealing a superannuation policy that made super more equitable for those Australians earnings less than $37,000. The Liberal government is abolishing the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) which … [Read more...]
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