Retirement
The first 12 months of retirement: Why the adjustment can be Bigger Than Expected
15 October
Retirement is often treated as a finish line.You work for decades, build your superannuation, make plans, count down the final months and eventually reach that long-awaited last day of work.Then suddenly, the structure that has shaped much of your...[Read More]
Salary sacrifice can play an important role to your superannuation
15 October
When it comes to preparing for retirement, many people focus on how much they’re contributing to their superannuation or pension. What often gets overlooked is how those contributions are made — and this is where salary sacrifice can play an...[Read More]
The right Financial Adviser, can optimise your investments and ensure a secure financial future
8 October
Navigating the complex financial landscape is challenging. However, with the right Financial Adviser, you can optimise your investments and ensure a secure financial future. By understanding how clients often perceive missteps in their...[Read More]
The richest retirement years are measured in moments – Part 3
8 October
When Retirement Becomes About People, Purpose and LegacyYears after leaving work, the couple looked back at the retirement plans they had once carefully written.Some had happened exactly as expected.Others had changed completely.There had been...[Read More]
Retirement is the beginning: Six slow weeks in Georgia
8 October
Retirement changes the way you travel.For years, holidays may have been squeezed between work commitments, school calendars and responsibilities waiting at home. Two weeks disappeared in a flash. Three weeks felt indulgent. Every itinerary seemed to...[Read More]
Superannuation: the earlier you understand and engage with your super, the greater the benefits of time and compound interest
8 October
Superannuation is one of the most powerful tools Australians have to build long-term financial security. Yet, for many young people, it remains out of sight and out of mind. They may see it as something for “future them” to worry about —...[Read More]
When Retirement Starts to Feel Like Living; Finding the Rhythm of a Life with More Time – Part 2
1 October
A year into retirement, something had changed.The novelty of waking without an alarm had faded. The long-awaited holiday had been taken. The jobs around the house that had accumulated over twenty years were slowly disappearing from the...[Read More]
The difference between a conventional superannuation and a self-managed super fund (SMSF)
1 October
Superannuation is an essential part of planning for retirement in Australia. For most people, it quietly grows in the background through employer contributions and investment earnings. But did you know there’s more than one way to manage your...[Read More]
Turning retirement dreams into a plan; The life we’ve been working towards – Part 1
24 September
For years, retirement can feel like something waiting somewhere in the distance. There are careers to build, mortgages to pay, children to raise and countless everyday commitments competing for attention. Then, almost unexpectedly, the conversation...[Read More]
Life after business: What do you want your exit to look like?
24 September
For many business owners, the business becomes far more than a source of income.It becomes part of your identity.It may have shaped your daily routine for 10, 20 or even 40 years. It may have supported your family, employed people in your community,...[Read More]
7 things retirees wish they had considered in their 40s and 50s
17 September
Retirement often feels a long way off when you are in your 40s and even your early 50s. Life is busy, mortgages are still being paid, children may still be at home, careers are demanding, and there always seems to be another financial priority...[Read More]