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How to recontribute your COVID-19 early release super
If you withdrew super during COVID and want to put it back without it counting towards your contribution caps, here’s how.
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What to know before taking a lump sum from super
Cashing a chunk of your super tax-free is tempting, but make sure you look before you leap.
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Making sense of pension drawdown strategies
In this video interview we’re diving into one of the most important – yet often overlooked – parts of retirement planning: how to actually draw down your super and other savings.
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What age should I retire?
There are no hard and fast rules around when you can retire, but there are practical issues to consider and money is just one of them.
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How to plan your spending through the 3 stages of retirement
Far from being one long holiday, retirement tends to be a tale in three acts, with different spending patterns along the way.
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What are the risks and benefits of getting financial advice?
Quality, affordable advice can make an enormous difference to your retirement outcomes, but it pays to know how to sort the good from the bad and downright ugly practices.
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Downsizer super contributions: Rules and eligibility
Eligible downsizer contributions can be a great way to boost your super without falling foul of many of the rules affecting other super contributions.
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Best performing pension funds: Conservative category (21–40%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Conservative pension funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. Conservative funds have 21-40% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing pension funds: Balanced category (41–60%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Balanced pension funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. Balanced funds have 41-60% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing pension funds: Growth category (61–80%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Growth pension funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. Growth funds have 61-80% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing pension funds: High Growth category (81–95%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing High Growth pension funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. High Growth funds have 81-95% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing pension funds: All Growth category (96–100%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing All Growth pension funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. All Growth funds have 96-100% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing super funds: Conservative category (21–40%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Conservative super funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. Conservative funds have 21-40% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing super funds: Balanced category (41–60%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Balanced super funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. Balanced funds have 41-60% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing super funds: Growth category (61–80%)
Against all expectations and a backdrop of escalating trade and geopolitical tensions, super funds continued their three-year winning streak in the 2025 financial year.
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Best performing super funds: High Growth category (81–95%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing High Growth funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. High Growth funds have 81-95% invested in growth assets.
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Best performing super funds: All Growth category (96–100%)
In this article you can discover the top 10 performing All Growth super funds over 1 year and 10 years to 30 June 2025. All Growth funds have 96-100% invested in growth assets.
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My retirement planning diary (Part 5): The psychology of retirement
With so much focus on having enough savings to retire, it’s easy to forget what it’s all for – living!