Superannuation
Government vows to support small business, self-funded retirees in Budget
Aussie small business owners and self-funded retirees are set to get a boost from next week's Federal Budget.
Ask Paul: Can I top up my teens’ super to help them buy property one day?
How young is too young to start saving for a house deposit? Kim wants to top up her teen daughters' super funds so they can use the First Home Super Saver scheme.
Hostplus and Statewide Super merging next month to create $83 billion fund
Hostplus and Statewide Super will merge on April 29 to create a fund that will be home to 1.5 million members and $82.8 billion in retirement savings.
The motherhood penalty hitting women’s super balances
The super system assumes workers have an unbroken career, but time out of the workforce to raise children means this isn't the reality for most women.
Diary of a super fund during a crisis
The head of investment at Australia's second-biggest super fund, the newly formed Australian Retirement Trust, explains how the fund responded - urgently - to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Super top-ups boost savings to $3.5tn
More Aussies are topping up their super savings, with some DIY super funds piling up on cryptocurrency.
Super baby bonus could end inequality
A baby bonus paid into the superannuation accounts of women who go on parental leave combined with paying super during their time off could address the significant gap between the retirement savings of men and women.
Ask Paul: We’ve paid $60k in fees for almost no advice – what now?
For 22 years Carlos and his wife have each paid about $120 a month to an MLC adviser for "virtually no advice". Is it time to switch to an industry fund?
The ATO is underestimating how well SMSFs perform
The ATO is consistently underestimating how strongly SMSF investments perform, new research shows, and the gap could be widening.
Ask Paul: I only have $16k in super after migrating from Brazil
After emigrating from Brazil, 38-year-old Ana has just $16,000 in her super fund and wants to know how she can make up for lost time.
