Asset Class: Super / Pension

In this recording of our Sydney live show, we opened up our Ask an Advisor format and gave you the chance to ask your most pressing financial questions.

The Federal opposition has proposed allowing Australians to access their superannuation to buy their first home. Good idea or bad idea? We unpack in today's episode.

Glen Hare is a financial advisor and co-founder of Fox & Hare Financial Advice. He has advised hundreds of young Australians over his career, and we asked him what were some of the most common questions he hears.

In this episode, the order pad returns as two stocks that were pitched back in February 2022 get revisited. For one, it's time to take profits. For the other, it's time to double down.

This Ask An Advisor, we're joined by Ellie Fordham, to answer the questions you've been talking about in our Equity Mates Discussion Group and sending through to ask@equitymates.com.

This episode was sparked from articles we've recently found like this: Yahoo Finance - 'How much the average Aussie has in savings' and Finder - 'How much money should I have?'.

In today's episode, we will discuss some of the latest Superannuation rules related to concessional and non-concessional caps, along with a few useful tips to help you prepare for the EOFY

A million people have taken to the streets in France. Why? Because the Government has forced through a new law increasing the pension age from 62 to 64. The move from President Emmanuel Macron has not been popular. Two thirds of the French population disagree with the change. It’s seen his popularity plummet to just 28%.

As you plan for retirement, one question that is likely to come up is whether you should contribute more to your superannuation or invest outside. The answer to this question is not straightforward!

The government has announced they want to tax earnings above $3 million in super at 30% instead of the current 15%. So... just who is affect by these new changes? Darcy and Sascha are joined by Nassim Khadem to unpack the answer.

In this ep we're looking at the steps to take to look after your super: Like checking fees, comparing performance, investment options, insurance and more!

This week our Super Saturdays series won Bronze at the Australian Podcast Awards - so we thought we'd pick a little slice from that episode!

In this episode Bryce & Alec take a look at the ATO super comparison website and on first look, the Vanguard fees appear cheaper ... but be warned Vanguard’s fees look cheaper but are not so cheap when up against other Super Funds.

Pascal Helyar-Moray was fed up. She read a study that showed worrying information about the gender pay gap, and the resulting super gap that followed. This study also showed that ‘the fastest growing demographic of homeless people in Australia is the older woman’, and she was infuriated knowing firsthand how government and corporate organisations were doing very little to change this at all.

Welcome to Get Started Investing. A podcast where we help you learn to invest in 15 minutes or less. This week we launch a new series of GSI, with a new 15 minute format. Each episode we take one real-world business story, and apply a key investing lesson to help you build your investor toolkit..