28 Jun 2023
Inflation can reduce the value of your money, and how much you can spend to fund your golden years. Wondering why that is? We’ve got you covered.
26 May 2023
If you’re about to retire – or are a few years off – planning for retirement is essential to having a comfortable and restful post-work life. We need to figure out our timing, what lifestyle we’re considering and how we’re going to fund our retirement and prepare for future living cost increases. We also have to plan and structure our finances for the future. That also includes thinking about life insurance.
24 May 2023
The cost of groceries has noticeably risen over the past few years – up as high as 25 per cent in the past year alone.
26 Apr 2023
Forget the “to do” list, it’s the “get around to one day” list that really weighs a person down. You know the one. It lists admin task after admin task that you know you should be doing but, for whatever reason, you always decide today is not the day. Too busy, too overwhelmed, too bored.
22 Mar 2023
Crazy statistic: the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMD) is Australia’s ninth biggest mortgage lender. In fact, a whopping 60 per cent of first home buyers rely on their parents to enter the property market. And mortgages aren’t the only loans BOMD are issuing – cars and travel are frequently funded as well.
22 Feb 2023
If rising interest rates and the soaring cost of pretty much everything has you worried, it’s time to take action.
Here are five things you can do right now to help you stay ahead financially.
25 Jan 2023
Divorce among over-50s, or 'grey divorce', is on the rise in Australia – over a quarter (27 per cent) of divorces are for those who had been married for 20 years or more. In fact, the divorce rate for couples aged 65 and older has been steadily rising, doubling since 1990.
21 Dec 2022
Have you set some fitness goals to aim for in the New Year?
23 Nov 2022
Ever found yourself wondering how you managed to accumulate so much stuff in your life? We’re all guilty of it and yet still we never seem to have all that we need…
26 Oct 2022
We all want to ‘live the dream’ and if you’ve planned your retirement well, you’re hopefully doing exactly that. But “lifestyle creep” can happen when you increase your discretionary spending in such small ways you don’t even notice you’re spending more. Until you do.