Voluntary super contributions are a great way to save extra money for your retirement.
Each dollar you add to your superannuation will grow x10 over the life time or your balance or more, so adding money frequently and early will greatly increase the ammount of money you will have for retirement.
Australian’s are increasingly finding that they [...]
This is an article I found on SMH.com.au today. It is all about the basics of Superannuation and I thought would be a great way to show everyone some very easy to remember and follow tips on Superannuation.
What is Superannuation?
Superannuation is a way of saving for your retirement. Both you and your employer can make [...]
As most of you will know, Australian Super Funds have lost alot of money in the past 3months with all that is going on around the world. This is hard for people who wish to retire shortly as there money is extremely lower then what it should be due to exposure to the risk in [...]
No I am not joking - the Australian Government is actually giving away money to low to middle income earners. This is through the scheme call the Superannuation Co-contribution scheme in which the government will match each dollar you put into your super with $1.50 upto $1000.
As of 5th August 2008 this article is still [...]
Like many Australians, I have held multiple jobs over my working life and have had a different super fund for each one of them which seem to always accumulated a little bit of money before I move on. What does that mean? Lost Super.
Lost Super (Superannuation) is becoming quite a large scale problem in Australia, [...]
