Spring clean your credit rating

Spring clean your credit rating

Is your credit rating looking a little worse for wear? Here are our tips to help you get it back into shape ahead of your next big purchase. What is a credit score? Lenders use your credit score to work out how reliable you’re going to be as a borrower. Whether it’s...
7 ways to stay active and healthy in retirement

7 ways to stay active and healthy in retirement

When it comes to living a longer, healthier, more active lifestyle, a good approach can often involve easy tasks that you can turn into everyday habits – even when social distancing is on the agenda. If you’re after ideas, here are some ways you might sustain or even...
Investing in Volatile Times

Investing in Volatile Times

As Australia emerges from lockdowns in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, and the economy recovers from a September quarter contraction, where should investors put their money? Currently cash and bond returns are very low. The local bourse...
Your 7-point retirement planning checklist

Your 7-point retirement planning checklist

You might feel emotionally ready to retire but you’ll want to make sure you’re financially ready too. Socialising with mates, enjoying leisurely activities and indulging in the odd trip away are all things that have likely crossed your mind when thinking about how...
Should I still change jobs despite COVID-19?

Should I still change jobs despite COVID-19?

Go back a month or two and you’d be forgiven for thinking we were on the fast track to pay rises all round. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in a decade in June, at 4.9 per cent, as government stimulus spending, closed national borders and zero community...