2021-22 Year in Review: Volatility reigns
Investors climbed a wall of worries in the closing months of the financial year, from rising inflation and interest rates to fears of recession.
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Barbara is a financial journalist and author with over 30 years’ experience in Australia and the UK. She is a contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Money section, and has worked for the Australian Financial Review and The Australian.
Barbara is the author of Alan Kohler’s Eureka Report Guide to Personal Investing, Sorting Out Your Finances for Dummies and Personal Finance for Dummies and co-author of Investing for Dummies with James Kirby.
Investors climbed a wall of worries in the closing months of the financial year, from rising inflation and interest rates to fears of recession.
It’s a common question, but the answer to your optimum pension drawdown may be as simple as spend your age.
By the time you retire you may think you know a thing or two about investing. But retirement raises new challenges, especially when it comes to structuring your income.
Retirees often withdraw the minimum amount from their super pension for fear they will outlive their savings. But recent studies show many could safely spend more. So what is a ‘’safe” withdrawal rate?
We all want to earn top notch returns from our super fund, but at what level of risk? This is how you find the sweet spot.
If you’re unhappy with your super fund’s performance, it’s getting easier to check how it stacks up against the best of the rest. We explain how.
By using a contributions reserving strategy, SMSFs can potentially double their annual contributions caps in a single year
When Dixon Advisory collapsed, it left a trail of aggrieved SMSFs and investment losses. It’s a saga we can all learn from.
Once you’ve blown out the candles on your 60th birthday cake, retirement beckons. Or does it? For many Australians, the path to retirement has twists and turns they never imagined.
In another year dominated by COVID-19 disruptions to lives and livelihoods, investors have much to celebrate.
Discover the cheapest super funds overall, funds with the lowest fees for each investment category, as well the most expensive super funds.
Corporate trustees are becoming increasingly popular with SMSFs, but an individual trustee structure also has its merits.
Before you set out on your SMSF journey, you will need a road map known as a trust deed.
An annual audit is one of the necessary chores associated with running an SMSF, but it can save trustees from inadvertent and costly breaches of the rules.
Controlling your own financial destiny is an appealing prospect for many Australians, but it’s important to understand the costs as well as the benefits.
SMSFs offer more control than other super funds, but strict rules apply. Follow our 9-step guide to ensure your fund complies with all your legal obligations from the outset.
Now that six-member SMSFs are allowed, the question remains; should family members join forces or go their separate ways?
After much haggling, the Government’s latest package of super reforms aimed at tackling high fees and low performance has passed through parliament.
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