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Getting things in order

I spend my days working closely with financial advisers as they help their clients get their affairs into some sort of order.
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Reflections on last week's blog

I have just been reading though the article Mark published last week.
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An overview of the latest changes to the COVID-19 Stimulus

When the coronavirus pandemic made its presence felt in Australia, the Government introduced a multi-billion-dollar package of stimulus measures designed to assist individuals and ...
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Age limit for super contributions extended

From 1 July 2020, the age limit for making voluntary contributions to super was increased.
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What to consider before you apply for early access to Super

You may have already read the articles we’ve published on this topic (1 April and 29 April), which discussed the ability of eligible people to access up to $20,000 from their ...
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Minimum pension payments

If you have an account-based pension, or an allocated pension as they were called before 1 July 2007, you will be familiar with the need to draw a prescribed minimum level of ...
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Account based pensions and the age pension

Last week I was asked if the rate of Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs age pension would increase if the amount being paid from an account-based pension reduced?
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End of financial year - already?

It goes without saying that this year has been like no other - in living memory.
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What is the cost of withdrawing your super early?

Some weeks ago, I wrote about changes to superannuation laws that will allow people to access up to $20,000 from super, spread over the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years, to ...
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What does Coronavirus mean for my retirement savings?

If we look back over the past 30 years or so, there have been a number of occasions when the sharemarket has taken a tumble resulting in the retirement savings of many Australians ...
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