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Finding a lost super account could give your retirement savings a boost and save you money in fees and charges.

One of the most important steps in planning your retirement is working out how much you will need to spend each year, in relation to your desired lifestyle.

Retirement looks different for everyone but here’s 4 simple steps to starting a retirement plan.

BUSSQ's investment update to 30 September 2024.

At the moment in Australia, many employees just go with their employer's default super fund when they start at a new workplace.

How much superannuation should I have? Will I have enough to retire? These are questions which we’ve all likely considered. The answer, like many things, is it depends.

Nobody likes talking about it. Just thinking about it can give you serious chills. If you bring it up around old people, everyone glares at you until you stop. No, we’re not talking about a reality TV family, religion, or the price of porridge and Metamucil these days. We’re talking about death. Specifically funerals.

The Age Pension is intended to be a safety net provided by the government to support Australians who can’t sustain their retirement years alone. It is paid to people who meet age and residency requirements and is designed to be targeted, through a means test, to those who need it most.

Whether by necessity or choice, a growing number of Australians are working beyond what we have traditionally thought of as “retirement age”.