Money features
What The Handmaid's Tale teaches us about money
The importance of female economic power extends beyond the lives of each individual woman.
Thousands of Aussies can secure a cut-price British pension – if they act now
The loophole letting thousands of Australians secure a British pension – at an 80 per cent discount.
Downside to adding grandson's name to house title
Financial expert George Cochrane answers your questions.
Get ready for dividend season
Is there any sweeter (virtual) sound than the digital tinkling of dividends as they fall into your bank account?
Why keeping your landline is a waste of money
Australians remain surprisingly keen on landline phones, but if you're paying for one then you're probably spending money unnecessarily.
Pensioner concessions to be reinstated in October
Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers your questions.
Super trustees need to do more to put members interests first: regulator
The newly beefed-up superannuation regulator has accused the sector of being too reactive and wants funds to get on the front foot and prove their readiness for risks they might face in the coming years.
Why you eat like your colleagues
They say your friends can make you fat, but your colleagues could be the real culprits.
How to turn $10,000 into a million dollars
It sounds like a stupid question but it's actually a really good one.
The five flaws in our current risk insurance system
Today, I want to talk about the most ignored and, arguably, most vital piece of your financial security puzzle: risk insurance.
Super fund directors face jail for breaches of rules
Directors of superannuation funds will be subject to much tougher penalties for doing the wrong thing with jail terms of up to five years, under proposed changes to the laws that govern superannuation.
Angie Ellis' winning streak continues with strong start to new game
Fresh from her victory in the last Shares Race, Angie Ellis, of 80 20 Investments, takes a commanding lead in the first week of the new four-week race.
Questions remain over defined benefit schemes
While defined benefit pensioners now know precisely how the Australian Tax Office will value their pension in applying the new $1.6 million superannuation cap tax changes, the valuations for current contributions and deferred benefit members' entitlements are still works in progress.
Take the long view in judging superannuation funds
There’s one thing you should never do and that’s to judge a superannuation fund by its one-year return.
The high price of vanity in time and money
Australians spend $22 billion a year in maintaining and improving our physical appearance, not including fitness and clothing.
Bumper financial year returns could be as good as it gets
Improving global growth and profits as well as low interest rates have underpinned very strong returns for sharemarkets.
Investors falling foul of rules on tax-deductible interest
It is still common for people to find themselves in financial strife because they do not understand the tax implications of their actions.
Rates are low. Here's how to take advantage while you can
The Reserve Bank suggested this week interest rates could more than double in the next few years.
Australia's multibillion-dollar legal tax avoidance loophole
Billions of dollars of tax revenue is being lost due to wealthy Australians using family trusts.
Australia near top in global retiree wellbeing
Australia is in sixth place in a global ranking of welfare in retirement of 43 countries
Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to super funds
Superannuation funds have rebounded in the 2017 financial year with the average balanced option delivering a 10.4 per cent return, according to SuperRatings research.
Investing with a conscience needn't mean lower returns
Say what you will about ethics in finance, but a big change sweeping through large chunks of this industry is the shift towards investing with a social conscience.
Why super can't be 'set and forget' for women
Millions of women are missing out on thousands of dollars in investment earnings because they are not in the best performing funds, research shows.
Cure yourself of the Carrie Complex
Hands up who wanted to be Carrie from Sex and the City when they grew up?