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The increased focus on ESG issues is transforming approaches to investing. Companies and asset managers are changing the way they engage with each other, resulting in a positive outcome both for investors and society as a whole. For years, meetings between a corporation’s executive team and active investment managers have followed the same format. Investors...Read More

Have you written a personal financial register, listing your super and non-super investments, your other assets, your income and any debts? This fundamental task for managing your personal finances, investing and saving for retirement would often be left on a must-do-tomorrow list – and perhaps never done. Behavioural economists typically rank investor inertia and procrastination...Read More

We know that life can get busy at times with pickups, drop-offs, work, to-do lists... no wonder it sometimes feels impossible to eat healthy. We often get asked for recipes that are healthy, inexpensive, and easy to throw together, so we’ve gathered 11 of our favorite go-to recipes below. But first, we want to share...Read More

Like any new chapter in your life, preparation can go a long way in ensuring you’re emotionally and financially ready for the road ahead. Despite the obvious benefits, only 44% of Australians over age 40 feel prepared for retirement1. That’s why we’ve pulled together a nine-point retirement planning checklist to help make sure you’re on...Read More

By Flying Solo contributor Lucy Kippist. Stop "outsourcing" your memory to Google and start investing in the power of your own mind. Organisational psychologist Adam Grant has discovered the secret to remembering absolutely anything. Habitual forgetting of passwords is my biggest work productivity sin. I can easily lose 15 minutes (to say nothing of my...Read More

If you’re looking to invest in the Aussie property market, here are some key points to consider at any age. If you’ve been saving for a while and feel you’re ready to purchase your first investment property, it’s worth ensuring you’re across some important points so you can make a well-informed decision. Remember, property prices...Read More

Ideally, investors should begin investing as early as possible in their lives, invest more whenever possible and remain in investment markets for as long as possible. These fundamentals of sound investment practice should increase your chances of investing success. Yet super fund members who attempt to illegally gain access to super savings before being eligible...Read More

By Lucinda Lions, Flying Solo contributor Think you’re great at multitasking? So did these people, until studies revealed some unsettling data. On three different occasions over the years, something terrible has nearly happened to me as a result of multitasking. I work from home, and if my home-office door is closed, my partner and son...Read More

How your super is taxed differs depending on your age, contributions and other factors, so it’s important to understand the different tax implications that could apply to your nest egg. Super can be a tax-effective way of saving for retirement. Generally, money invested in super is taxed at a lower rate than your personal income...Read More

Is your portfolio suffering from what is sometimes called portfolio drift? This occurs when a broadly-diversified portfolio drifts away from its strategic or target asset allocation with movements in investment markets and diverging returns from lower-risk and higher-risk assets. Your diversified portfolio's strategic asset allocation to different asset classes should be set with the aim...Read More