Today
Seven ways to help your kids buy property without family fallouts
Generous parents are unwittingly creating a minefield of legal, tax and financial problems that could not only jeopardise their own futures but cause rifts.
- Duncan Hughes
- Opinion
- Inheritance
How to claim your spouse’s super after they die
There’s a way to move their retirement savings to your super – this is how to get things going.
- Meg Heffron
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
How to party without being an animal
These are the five things that will drive your neighbours nuts – this is what you can do to avoid them.
- Jimmy Thomson
Yesterday
Why a $15 bottle rates in wine snobs’ top picks
What the experts would buy for $15, $30, $50 and $100.
- Lucy Dean
Transition super strategy can avoid $3m cap and help your heirs
The ability to make contributions while you’re receiving this income stream offers more benefits than you think.
- John Wasiliev
This Month
How this former Socceroo invests for his kids
An initial gift of $2000 with an extra $100 a month can mean a 21st birthday gift of almost $40,000 in today’s money.
- Louis White
- Opinion
- Interest rates
New Zealand’s recession is a warning for the rest of world
While markets are rejoicing about the prospect of lower interest rates next year, stagflation across the ditch points to very different possibilities.
- Christopher Joye
10 ways to stop ‘silver divorce’ destroying your wealth
Older couples are increasingly calling it quits. These are the issues to consider before breaking the knot.
- Duncan Hughes
How to enjoy a family Christmas with all the help you need
Elderly people spending time away from their regular home during the holiday season can be eligible for extra government-funded support.
- Bina Brown
This retirement strategy could foolproof your savings
A timeless game plan invented in 1985 helps retirees – and younger investors – avoid worries during sharemarket downturns by planning ahead.
- Tom Richardson
My brother won’t help Mum. Should she change her will?
My elderly mother needs help with her bills but my brother won’t contribute. What can we do?
- Debra Cleveland
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
Good news for apartments as defects crackdown bites
Buyer confidence is low, but help is on the way after the release of three reports.
- Jimmy Thomson
Upsizing your home to access the age pension is a flawed strategy
A couple want to spend $600,000 of super on the purchase in the hope of qualifying for some government income.
- John Wasiliev
Where to invest in water (and why you’d want to)
A government shakeout is likely to attract more investors to this emerging asset class and its compelling returns.
- Stewart Oldfield
- Opinion
- Passive investing
How to create the best passive portfolio
Index investing can and likely should be a solid proportion of a portfolio. But it’s not just about picking an index and allocating.
- Giselle Roux
- Opinion
- Commodities
Time to sift through lithium wreckage
Professional investors say demand for lithium is likely to soar due to big increases in how much is used in electric vehicles.
- Mark Draper
- Opinion
- Property investment
Where to pounce on property in 2024
Forced sales could offer cashed-up buyers the chance to pick up a bargain.
- Sam Tamblyn
How to get (nearly) 10 per cent with the least risk
Amid a push to open up private markets to smaller and less sophisticated investors, fixed income-type opportunities are being advertised with returns north of 10 per cent. Here’s what investors need to know.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Joanna Mather
- Opinion
- Managed funds
The ‘alpha’ edge: three fund management success stories
With the advent of the $3.5 trillion in compulsory savings via superannuation, Australia has become a breeding ground for some of the best investment talent on the planet.
- Christopher Joye
Three generations of this family are wealthier by living together
Adding a second dwelling can improve re-sale value, and there are more than half-a-million properties with granny flat potential in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
- Nina Hendy
