Wealth

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended changes to Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund, saying it’s his job to ‘improve it’.

Tumbling iron ore prices and a softening labour market has hit Federal coffers, leaving Treasurer Jim Chalmers with a ‘sliver’ of the revenue windfalls that have propped up his Budget bottom line.

The Federal prudential watchdog has revealed defects in industry superannuation fund HESTA’s valuation processes as it was grappling with coronavirus market volatility in March 2020.

Alys McDonough hasn’t had a hot shower in almost two years. It was spiralling rents in Sydney and the cost-of-living crisis that forced her to turn to Google for help.

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With wedding costs and property prices continuing to soar every year, many couples are finding they have to choose one or the other because they just can’t afford both.

Q+A: What happens if one half of a couple is eligible for an age pension but the other is still working? It’s not good news for the retiree, but there might be a way to ease the financial pain. Here’s how . . .

Self-managed superannuation fund investors may be relying on luck rather than proven investment strategies to build their retirement nest eggs. Here’s where you’re probably going wrong.

There’s nothing better than enjoying your retirement with the odd getaway. But if you’re receiving an age pension, do you need to tell Centrelink every time you make a withdrawal to fund an adventure?

One of the big four bank’s annual results show a widening gap between those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and a new group of ‘mass affluent’ customers.

The Reserve Bank was forced to adjust its expectations due to ‘higher than expected’ Government spending, casting shadows around Jim Chalmers’ claim Labor was making progress in the fight against inflation.

You’ve slogged it out but retirement is still a decade or more away. With the kids now older, you may be saving a bit more. Here’s how to put it to use and light a blazing fire under your nest egg.

Some workers will receive pay increases of up to 28 per cent.

The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most expensive. Graeme Butler reveals how you can enjoy Christmas day knowing you haven’t overspent on gifts.

Got a cash pile sitting in a term deposit? As we edge closer to a fall in returns as the RBA starts to cut interest rates, could that money be working harder for you in your super fund?