If you're a Zoomer (born 1997 - 2012), retirement might feel like a long way off, or if you’re one of the thousands of people worldwide keen to embrace the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement, maybe not.
When you’re choosing a superannuation fund, you want to go with a fund that has a track record of success, but what if that fund draws upon the strength of a brand that has thrived in industries as diverse as air travel, music and finance - and whose founder is an official knight no less?
Think about this: the difference between a good super fund and a mediocre one could literally mean retiring years earlier, or having tens (even hundreds) of thousands extra to live on.
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The gender pay gap is well known, and rightly so. But there’s another gap that gets much less attention: the gender super gap.
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A new study claims that allowing first-home buyers to dip into their superannuation for a deposit could drive up property prices by 7.4% to 10.3%, potentially making homeownership even harder.
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For more than 18 months the Australian government has been weighing a seemingly obvious reform: requiring employers to pay super at the same time they pay wages.
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has updated its retirement savings targets, refining the numbers it has published since 2022 to reflect the latest data on how retirees actually spend. The benchmarks aim to cut through the industry noise around how much superannuation is “enough.”
In the coming decade, a unique cohort of Australians will enter retirement - those who have had compulsory superannuation their entire working lives. But many retirees aren’t sure how much they can safely withdraw, leading to cautious spending - or, in some cases, barely spending at all.
Saving for a home deposit is tougher than ever. Rising rents, climbing property prices and stagnant wages are leaving many Australians feeling locked out of the market.
Superannuation isn’t something most people think about often—but maybe it should be. Research from the Super Members Council shows that Australians who understand their super feel far more confident about their finances.