General Insurance
FOFA REFORMS
Accounting for change
John Collet The start of the financial year on July 1 is a red-letter day for financial advisers and their customers.
DOLLAR DRAINERS
Hidden costs of ignoring small outlays
Emily Chantiri The costs for some goods and services are small but let them slide for too long and you'll find they will add up to hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars a year.
STARTING YOUNG
Why Gen Y should give a damn about super
Penny Pryor Are you a Gen Y? Related to a Gen Y? Know a Gen Y? Have you/they never given their superannuation a first thought, let alone a second? Yes it's hard to think about retirement savings when you're in...
THE REGULATOR
Getting super across to all
Robynne Quiggin While many Australians find super challenging, for those living in rural and remote areas - and especially for indigenous Australians - the difficulties are magnified.
SUPER
Large funds have life insurance covered
John Collett Most of us don't have enough life insurance, so it's good that large superannuation funds provide ''default'' death and total and permanent disablement insurance to their members, who otherwise may...
Payment options
Christine Long Innovations have been adopted only when they offer more convenience for the consumer,
Good in a crisis? Try a financial fire drill
Pamela Yip Could your resources hold up if you lost your job or had to make a mercy dash halfway across the country - or the world? The best way to find out is to run a fire drill on your finances and see if...
PLANNING
Who wants to be super millionaire?
Penny Pryor Who wants to be millionaire? Well if you want to retire on a comfortable income, then you should be planning on being a superannuation millionaire.
Retirement? That's the million-dollar question
Mark Bouris Some of the numbers associated with retirement seem really big.
PLANNING
Getting a super education for SMSF trustees
Alexandra Cain From July 1 SMSF trustees who break super laws will face mandatory education. So exactly what do you need to know to run a super fund?
PROPERTY SPECIAL
Single women get their house in order
Larissa Ham Property market players say an increasing number of women are striking out alone.
PARENTS
Oh baby, this is expensive
Sylvia Pennington It's Mother's Day - a good time to weigh up the costs of a new mouth to feed.
SUPER
Avoid pension pitfalls with precise retirement planning
Max Newnham How can you work out if your investments will provide for you sufficiently in retirement?
Paws for thought on pet care cost
Kate Jones It might come as no surprise to animal lovers that Australians spend much more on their pets' health than their own.
STRATEGIES
Conquer life's ups and downs
Christine Long When your income is unpredictable, just making ends meet can sometimes feel like a feat of endurance.
SUPER
Drive your own fund and save
Max Newnham Blaming superannuation for your losses makes as much sense as blaming a car that cuts you off. The vehicle is not at fault, it's the driver.
PLANNING
Annuities can finance our longer lives
Penny Pryor Running out of money before you die is a terrifying thought that is giving many retirees, or probably anyone over 50, sleepless nights.
OFFICE WORKS
Where are the cheap seats - home or away?
Kate Jones To work from home, or not to work from home? That is the question facing many Australian workers.
Superannuation
Super industry gets out the claws, but happy with result
Madeleine Heffernan Funds showed their muscle this week, and they've pledged to fight tooth and nail if any government makes changes they don't like.
Make it a clean bill of health
Sylvia Pennington Coping with illness is challenging enough, but it pays to prepare financially for potential difficulties.
