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With superannuation it is the long term that matters; not returns over short periods of time
Superannuation

Super balances lift 5.2 per cent since start of the year

Super fund members have enjoyed another bumper month of returns, with the typical returns for the first two months of this year more than 5 per cent higher

  • by John Collett
$100,000 spent on a new car today, rather than put into super, can cost you more than $1.8 million in retirement funds.
Superannuation

The real long-term cost of that $100,000 car

  • by Marcus Padley
Money paid into the Refundable Accommodation Deposit is typically refunded to the resident or their estate, not the children who paid it.
Aged care

Navigating Refundable Accommodation Deposits

  • by Rachel Lane
Bella Zanesco ringfenced 30 per cent of her income to put towards a house deposit.
Women at work

Don't rely on the 'man plan' for your first home

Angela Carrick
Holiday homes

How to set up your house as a short-term rental

  • by Nina Hendy

Ask an expert

Unravelling complex 'will trust' laws

George Cochrane

You must include trust income distributions in your Australian income tax return and pay tax on them.

Jumping through hoops to access Pension Loan Scheme

Noel Whittaker
Noel Whittaker

Accessing the pension loan scheme continues to be a big problem for those who need it

Setting up a comfortable Blue Mountains retirement

To spend $60,000 a year for 31 years, indexed at just two per cent a year, you would need $1.25 million in super earning five per cent a year.

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Borrowing & saving

The most cuts in fixed-rate loans have occurred for terms of two or three years.
Analysis
Home loans

Fixed mortgage rates slide as markets bet on RBA cut

  • by Clancy Yeates
Money & relationships

How older Australians captured a growing share of the nation's wealth

  • by Conal Hanna
Money psychology

Calls to protect the vulnerable from ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes

  • by Nina Hendy

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Trusts are a peculiarly English invention that came about in the 13th century when noblemen, owning considerable assets, went on a crusade to the holy land and asked a trustee to look after their wife, castle, lands and peasants.
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Unravelling complex 'will trust' laws

  • by George Cochrane
Superannuation

Super balances lift 5.2 per cent since start of the year

  • by John Collett
Superannuation

The real long-term cost of that $100,000 car

  • by Marcus Padley

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