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'What happened to my inheritance?' you can hear your kids say (hopefully) years from now. Here's what you ought to know about retirement planning and spending the kids' inheritance. Planning on going SKI-ing? And, no, we're not talking about hitting the Swiss slopes next winter. We mean Spending Kids Inheritance. If you're weighing up whether to travel during your retirement, buy a luxury car or simply enjoy living the high life after years of working hard y...

Retirement, caravanning, sand between your toes, it all sounds pretty good, right? But how do your nomad travels financially stack up? Has the thought of being a grey nomad got you excited? Retiring to travel Australia (or beyond) without a care in the world. Leaving behind the old house and lifestyle for a spot of caravanning. After all, you're never too old for an adventure. Well before you sell up everything and kiss the kids and grandkids goodbye, there are few financial co...

A checklist for the unprepared. We spoke to financial planner Stuart Skidmore from Saracens about preparing for retirement. Check out his seven key questions and considerations for everybody who has retirement on their mind.    By Stuart Skidmore Understand that time is your enemy. 10 years equals 120 months. If you are paid monthly and have 10 years before retirement, you will be paid 120 more times so what are you going to do now to achieve what you would like t...

If you're born in the two decades to 1964, you'll want to read this. Now that the last of the baby boomers have turned 50s, there's a push towards preparing for retirement. This means, there's no better time to understand and overcome the financial challenges so that you can enjoy the retirement of your dreams. This article explains many of the hurdles today's baby boomers face, things like:
Not having saved enough money for retirement;
Having to wait for yo...

Preparing for retirement? We ask superannuation expert Ben Hall for his top 5 proposed super updates that will affect you. Now that the election is finally behind us, and the Liberal party has edged into government with a narrow majority, it's time to decipher what the federal budget really means for pre-retirees. After all, the proposed superannuation changes are wide ranging and generally aimed at helping lower income earners, while cutting back some of the more generous conc...