Wealth

Q+A: Building a $50,000 deposit by such a young age is commendable, but there are a number of tough obstacles to clear if this savvy saver wants to buy an investment property. Try this instead ...

Investing can be stressful, which is no real surprise given it is a very psychological process.Ingrained in our psyche is the fight or flight response. One of those is right in times of calamity.

Division 296 is pitched as a ‘modest’ 15 per cent extra tax on earnings for super balances over $3m. Behind the spin lies a policy that’s complex and potentially unworkable. Here’s how to work around it.

Worried part-pensioners are still waiting to hear if and when deeming rates on their investments, which are used to calculate Centrelink benefits, will be thawed from their five-year freeze.

KATE EMERY: Like fat free yoghurt and outdoor music festivals, Australia’s looming great wealth transfer sounds better on paper than reality.

But there is one thing they can do to offset some of the pain.

THE ECONOMIST: If you’re lucky enough to have generational wealth, here’s what we’ve learnt from mistakes of the Gilded Age.

The corporate watchdog has issued warnings to 18 social media influencers suspected of promoting unlicensed financial products, amid concerns flashy online lifestyles are luring Aussies into bad investments.

It’s a concession card available to thousands of eligible Australians — but they’re missing out on the benefits simply because they’re not aware it exists. Are you eligible?

More than two million current and former AMP customers have joined a class action against the wealth manager, which began in the Federal Court last week.

Taking time out of work to care for elderly parents can cause financial pain. But you may be eligible for one of two Centrelink payments. Here’s how much you could receive and how to apply.

JENI O’DOWD: Successive governments have turned superannuation into a political plaything. The rules change constantly. Caps move. Taxes creep in. Definitions shift. It’s become a system built on sand.

A man from a regional Queensland town has come forward as the winner of $1.6m Gold Lotto draw 39 days after the draw, saying he just ‘couldn’t believe it’.

If Labor pushes through its contentious changes to the taxation of superannuation balances over $3 million, the Treasurer will be overseeing a neat strategy to pay down years of outsized government spending.

James and Liz, a young Aussie couple, are part of a surprising cohort hoping the Reserve Bank doesn’t cut rates today.