Money

The Reserve Bank considers that APRA's rule tightening has reduced the need for rate rises to slow down a buoyant property market.

Money

Why interest rates will be lower for longer

Continuing low inflation and a softening property market will ensure that even with likely rate increases overseas, Australian rates will remain low for longer.

by Daryl Dixon

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How to know when you can afford to retire

by George Cochrane

Jenny Rosalky in her sewing room filled with fabric and quilts, at her home in Stanmore, Sydney.

Money

Estate planning for hobbyists and collectors

by Barbara Drury

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Nicole Helps… identify a good offset account

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Ask Noel: how to harness compound growth for investment

by Noel Whittaker

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How to know when you can afford to retire

Personal finance expert George Cochrane answers your questions.

George Cochrane

Nicole Helps… identify a good offset account

Personal finance expert Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon answers your questions.

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Ask Noel: how to harness compound growth for investment

Finance expert Noel Whittaker answers your questions about money.

Noel Whittaker

Super & retirement

If there's a partner eligible for a surviving spouse pension, the attractions of the lifetime defined-benefit pension are increased.

Super & retirement

Vested interests can push defined benefit members to take a lump sum

by Daryl Dixon

Super funds sometimes make overpayments into account balances.

Super & retirement

If your super fund screws up, you could be forced to pay up years later

by John Collett

Former or current public servants who are in a defined benefit fund have nest eggs just a little more golden than the rest of us.

Super & retirement

Defined benefit members should take the income stream not the lump sum

by Daryl Dixon

The profits of the big banks are likely to keep growing as long as interest rates and unemployment remains low.

Super & retirement

Banks look bulletproof, at least as long as rates and unemployment stay low

by John Collett