Fresh Approach To Super

The strategy To undertake a new year's spring-clean of my super.

Personal Finance

Q I am more than 60 years of age, am not working, and have $110,000 from a super fund. I want to invest in a term deposit or some safe high-interest account and then return the money to super in say six to 12 months. Is this feasible? What type of accounts should I look at?

Switching Funds Can Prove Costly For Many

A RECORD number of Australians changed the way their superannuation was invested last year, as the super funds posted the worst returns on record, with the typical balanced option losing about 22.5 per cent.

When A Little Knowledge Is A Cause For Super Concern

ALEXANDER POPE observed in An Essay On Criticism that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". He was writing in 1711 but the adage aptly describes a conundrum faced by Australian superannuation funds today.