Series
Retirement Roadmap
Our team of financial experts helps you navigate to and through retirement in this six-part series.
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- Aware Super
The five-step plan to maximising your pension
Many Australians are missing out on their full age pension entitlement – here’s how to fix that.
- Cameron Bayley
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Down-sized and debt-free: can you retire with a mortgage?
Many people assume it’s best to reach retirement with zero debt, but it’s not the be-all and end-all, according to financial experts.
- Cameron Bayley
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The checklist that proves you’re ready to retire
Visualising the ‘retirement version’ of you helps to reveal whether the time is right.
- Cameron Bayley
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How to pack four years of super into two months
Strategic timing around the end of financial year can rapidly build your retirement balance.
- Cameron Bayley
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Are you ready for Australia’s $5 trillion wealth transfer?
Even if your situation seems straightforward, you’re doing a huge favour for those you leave behind.
- Cameron Bayley
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How to calculate your ‘magic retirement number’
Even if people have identical incomes, no two retirement targets are the same.
- Cameron Bayley
- Opinion
The seven biggest money worries for Australian retirees explained
Here’s what more than 3000 people say are their most pressing issues as they move from work to retirement, and some information to help put your mind at ease.
- Kaye Fallick
- Opinion
Death and taxes are inevitable. Here’s how retirees can minimise the latter
If couples and families don’t put proper preparations in place, serious financial problems can emerge when a loved one dies.
- Noel Whittaker
- Opinion
Ready to sip on your super? First, tick off this pre-retirement checklist
Before you hang up your work boots, make sure you’re financially well-prepared for the second half (ish) of your life.
- Dominic Powell
- Analysis
Want to be ‘carried out in a box’? How retirees can tap into the value of their homes
For many Australians over 65, a significant amount of their wealth is tied up in the family home. Here are some safe ways to access it.
- Kaye Fallick
- Opinion
It’s simple: This is the best kept secret in retirement planning
Most of us make things harder than they need to be. And nowhere is that more obvious than when it comes to life after work.
- Bec Wilson
Other series
Life in the burbs
We’re celebrating Sydney’s suburbs and local writers have been penning pieces about the neighbourhoods they know best. Read all their stories here.
- 8 stories
Australia’s baby bust
The fertility rate in Australia is at a record low. We explore why we’re having fewer babies – and what that means for the country’s future.
- 15 stories