Essential Reading

You’ll probably live longer than you think, so start planning now

When you really explore your projected lifespan, you might find you’re underestimating the years you have ahead and how much you can do with them.

May 25 •

Seven secrets to getting juicy deals on retirement travel

There’s nothing like the knowledge that you have 15–20 summers of good health left during which you can get travel insurance to motivate you to book and…

May 4 •

Why is retirement so hard?

The reality is, there's more tricky choices in this stage of life than we face in any other time of our lives.

Apr 27 •

Letter: Tell me about 'the sweet spot'

This week I explain the sweet spot - the point where people with less superannuation can actually end up earning more retirement income than self funded…

Apr 16 •

How early can you retire? These are the key dates and ages to know

As you look towards retirement, you’ll find there's some critical dates that stand out as signposts along the path - dates we can retire, access our…

Mar 30 •

The power of deciding for yourself what retirement means

We all have different preconceived notions of what retiring means. And we forget that to each of us, it means something very different.

Mar 12 •

Special Edition: Monitoring your superannuation in retirement phase - the top ten performing funds

Retirees cannot compare their retirement phase super fund’s cost or performance using public benchmarking. So today I have sourced you a snapshot of the…

Aug 25, 2023 •

How to manage retirement with a low superannuation balance

Let’s delve into how someone with the current median Australian super balance for individuals aged 65-69 can make ends meet and achieve a comfortable…

Jun 12, 2023 •

How much do retirees really live on?

As retirement approaches, one of the biggest concerns people have is determining the amount of money they need to sustain a comfortable lifestyle…

Jun 7, 2023 •

Is retirement really the ultimate goal?

We need a new retirement continuum. A modern continuum of work and retirement should give us all a range of options and opportunities to choose how we…

Apr 19, 2023 •

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