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The bane of my life

Anyone who knows me will know that I absolutely detest telemarketers – those people who phone me the very moment I sit down in front of my TV at the end of a long day at the ...
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Maximising non-concessional super contributions

One question that comes across my desk on an almost daily basis is “how much can my client contribute to super?”
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Getting things in order - part 2

Recently I wrote an article about how superannuation benefits are handled when a member of a superannuation fund dies. I undertook to write a follow up article that considers the ...
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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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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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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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