Realise Your Dream (14)

Account based pensions and the age pension

By: Peter Kelly on 27 May 2020

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?

Age pension - time for you to review?

By: Mark Teale on 20 May 2020

It is the middle of May and the end of the financial year is fast approaching. Now, as we are always told, is a good time to review your financial position and no, I am not ...

End of financial year - already?

By: Peter Kelly on 13 May 2020

It goes without saying that this year has been like no other - in living memory.

Your home and your age pension

By: Mark Teale on 06 May 2020

The average value of a home in Australia is according to Domain approximately $800,000.

What is the cost of withdrawing your super early?

By: Peter Kelly on 29 April 2020

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 ...

I’ve lost my job…what’s my next step?

By: Mark Teale on 22 April 2020

I read with a great deal of concern that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on our economy, between 1.9 and 3.4 million Australians could lose their jobs or have their ...

What does Coronavirus mean for my retirement savings?

By: Peter Kelly on 15 April 2020

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 ...