The struggle is real for women who are balancing careers, homes, and families. However, as retirement approaches, the dream of reaping the rewards of all that hard work often turns…
Australian retirees face a ‘double whammy’ when it comes to funding their retirement. On the one hand we, as a nation, are enjoying longer and healthier lives. On the other…
A tale of two retirements – which would you choose? Sam and Sally Smith have worked hard all their lives, paid their taxes and, now they have retired, they feel…
Financial planning. That’s for people with lots of money to invest, isn’t it? Not necessarily. Sure, investment planning is an important part of financial planning, but underpinning the whole process…
Found yourself alone and suddenly single later in life? Life often has different plans for us than we may have imagined. Life after divorce, separation or losing a loved one…
The new year sees many people reflecting on the past year and thinking about new year’s resolutions. Similarly, the beginning of a new year is the ideal time for setting…
As we move towards the end of yet another year and think about how fast the last 12 months have come and gone, many of us find ourselves thinking about…
Will you retire with enough money? This article explains the challengers that today’s accumulators face in order to reach their retirement goals. Housing affordability, low interest rates, pandemics, through to…
Picture this… when you were 21 years old your well-meaning but financially inept uncle put $1,000 into an ordinary bank account for you with instructions to leave it there and…