Articles by
Barbara Drury
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Pension fund performance: Monthly returns to December 2025
It was another wild ride on investment markets, but pension funds put in another cracking performance in 2025 with the median Growth fund up more than 10%.
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Choosing an SMSF service provider
Most SMSFs will need to outsource some of their financial, legal and administrative tasks to professionals, so it’s important to know what to look for and what to avoid.
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SMSFs structures: Corporate or individual trustee?
Individual or corporate trustee. Which structure is more appropriate for you and do you know the advantages and disadvantages of each?
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Pension fund performance to December 2025
Retirees had much to smile about in 2025, when pension fund returns grew strongly even after withdrawing minimum pension payments.
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Super fund performance: Annual returns to December 2025
Super funds hit the trifecta in 2025, with strongly positive returns for the third year running, despite rising geopolitical tensions and volatile investment markets.
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Super fund performance: Monthly returns to December 2025
Worries? What worries? Super funds ended the year on a positive note in December, capping off the third consecutive year of strong returns.
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Super fund performance reckoners: Monthly returns for 5 investment categories
In our reckoner below you can view the median monthly investment returns for 5 superannuation investment options going back to January 2016.
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How to compare super funds in 7 easy steps
Comparing super funds may not seem very exciting, but getting into a quality fund that meets your needs could be one of the best things you do for your retirement.
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The taper trap: Super and the Age Pension assets test
A quirk of our retirement income system can leave retirees with middling a super balance worse off than a full Age Pensioner. But there are ways to increase Pension entitlements
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2025 year in review, 2026 year ahead
It was a year when hope triumphed over uncertainty on financial markets, with all major asset classes – and super funds – delivering positive returns.
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How inflation affects your retirement income
Of all the risks surrounding your retirement income, from market volatility to overspending, inflation can fly under the radar.
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Retirement planning for couples
Super can’t be held in joint names, but it does provide opportunities for couples to maximise their combined tax-free retirement income and streamline estate planning.
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Rethinking the role of your home in retirement
Home ownership provides a sense of security and wellbeing in retirement, but it could also be a potential source of income.
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How the rich invest
Wealthy Australians have surfed the wave of strong investment returns in 2025, with a disciplined approach and a growing appetite for alternative investments.
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Super funds of the year awards: Best super funds for 2025–26
While returns are important, they are not the only ingredient in a top super fund, as these annual awards show.
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Pension fund of the year 2025-26: What makes a winner?
As the Baby Boomer bubble enters retirement, attention is shifting to the retirement phase of super and which funds offer the best pension products and member services.
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Super pension funds put to the test
A new consumer-friendly review of pension funds reveals which funds are ticking all the right boxes.
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3 very different types of ‘retirement’
Today’s 60- and 70-somethings are reinventing retirement, easing into it with a focus on finding meaning and purpose in flexible part-time work, volunteering and new activities.
