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Financial Planning
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Rising importance of aged care planning
You may have parents who live on their own but because of failing health they need support to help care for themselves or it may be that they cannot look after themselves anymore and need to move to a home that can.
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What to expect moving forward after World Financial Markets fell early this year!
Higher medium return potential (assuming inflation is tamed)...
Key points
- The fall in bond and share values and rise in their investment yields on the back of higher inflation has seen our medium term (5 to 10 year) return projections for a diversified mix of assets rise to around 6.8% pa.
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Investing under uncertainty
What is the essence of successful long-term equity investing? It’s embedded in the right focus – on things we can control and things that matter. It means basing our investment policy on our financial plan as distinctly opposed to a view of the economy, the markets and the daily noise surrounding them.
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Topping up super with ‘catch-up’ contributions
If you have not fully used your concessional cap in a prior financial year, you may be eligible to use these unused carried forward amounts in a later year.
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Smart super strategies for this EOFY
Want to help boost your retirement savings while potentially saving on tax? Here are five smart super strategies to consider before the end of the financial year.
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Top-up your super with help from the Government
If your income is under a certain threshold, then making personal after-tax super contributions could enable you to qualify for a Government co‑contribution and take advantage of the low tax rate payable in super on investment earnings.
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Sacrifice pre-tax salary into super
Contributing some of your pre-tax salary, wages or a bonus into super could help you to reduce your tax and invest more for your retirement.
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Another five great charts on investing that are very useful in times of uncertainty like the present
Key points
- Successful investing can be really difficult in times of uncertainty like now making it important to stay
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Splitting your super contributions to your spouse
Splitting super contributions to your spouse’s super account may help to boost their retirement savings and provide a range of other benefits.
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Steps to claiming a tax deduction for your super contribution
You may be eligible to claim a tax deduction if you make a personal contribution to superannuation. There are some important steps you need to follow carefully and specific timeframes to take action.
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