Consider your property options carefully.

Down-sized and debt-free:can you retire with a mortgage?

Many people assume it’s best to reach retirement with zero debt,but it’s not the be-all and end-all,according to financial experts.

  • Cameron Bayley

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What does the ‘retirement version’ of you look like?

The checklist that proves you’re ready to retire

Visualising the ‘retirement version’ of you helps to reveal whether the time is right.

  • Cameron Bayley
ASIC chairman Joe Longo.

ASIC was dubbed a ‘watchdog with no teeth’. Has Joe Longo changed it?

The outgoing chair of ASIC says he’s made the regulator more ambitious,pointing to more penalties it has extracted and more investigations launched.

  • Clancy Yeates
Strategic timing can help grow your retirement balance.

How to pack four years of super into two months

Strategic timing around the end of financial year can rapidly build your retirement balance.

  • Cameron Bayley
Wealthy investors with large super balances will likely look for ways they can dodge the tax.

My SMSF is over $3 million. How should I prepare for the new super tax?

For those with large super balances,or self-managed super funds,there are some serious considerations to be made about the new Division 296 tax.

  • Noel Whittaker
Keeping your will up-to-date is of crucial importance.

Are you ready for Australia’s $5 trillion wealth transfer?

Even if your situation seems straightforward,you’re doing a huge favour for those you leave behind.

  • Cameron Bayley
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Shifting your super.

Forget the flowers:This Mother’s Day gift could net you $730k

This one decision could be worth more to your financial future than any bunch of service station carnations ever will be.

  • Melissa Browne
New research shows young Australians will eventually not be worse off than their parents – but they do face headwinds.

OK Millennial:This is why young Australians will prosper like their parents

Younger Australians are unlikely to be worse off than their parents over their lifetimes,new research suggests. But they’ll have to wait longer.

  • Shane Wright
The greater your super balance,the more comfortable you’ll be in retirement.

$1 million used to be the retirement dream. Now,it might not be enough

Once you change the way you look at retirement,$1 million stops being a finish line. It’s just one number,at one point along the path.

  • Bec Wilson
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The PM’s about to offer selfish Boomers like me a chance at redemption

The budget will be a threshold moment for Anthony Albanese as he stares down wealthy Baby Boomers and strikes a blow for generational equity. It will be his biggest political risk to date.

  • Peter Hartcher