Here’s how you can prepare your own retirement plan A successful retirement is about more than just organising your money. If you don’t manage the lifestyle challenges that retirement brings, you might be financially secure, but you may not be having much fun. The secret […]
Retirement planning isn’t just about your money – it’s about your life. Most of the information we are given about retirement is about our finances – will we have enough? What’s the best investment strategy? What sized pension will we get? All of this […]
Retirement planning isn’t just about your money – it’s about your life. Singles have been largely ignored by the Retirement Industry. Most of the marketing literature and advertising we see shows attractive couples on cruise ships, beaches and at parties. It’s as if singles didn’t […]
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I recently saw a very confronting program on SBS. It featured three women, all in their 60s and 70s who had become homeless. What was particularly disturbing about this show was that all these women were intelligent, articulate and had achieved success in their chosen […]
“Who are you?” It’s probably one of the most confronting questions we can be asked. The obvious answer – “I’m Paul, I’m married, live in Coffs Harbour, publish books, used to be in tourism, marketing, sports promotion and advertising etc” is also not the right […]
This was the caption of an article in a recent edition of the Weekend Australian. It looked at some of the implications of Australians living for 20 – 30 years in retirement. Obviously there are a lot of financial issues to consider for individuals, governments, […]
Many people who are either contributing towards their superannuation, or living off their super savings are unaware of some significant changes to superannuation which are coming into effect from July1 this year. The changes are far too complicated to explain in this short article so […]
There are numerous stories about older, generally single women living in poverty. Our current economic system is loaded against women and here are some of the factors that have added to the problem.
Here are some practical suggestions from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Get to know your super The better you get to know your super, the more comfortable you will be making decisions about it. Spend a few minutes finding out how to access […]