Christmas is a wonderful time of year in Australia, filled with summer foods, decorations and of course, gift giving.

With the COVID-19 pandemic taking hold again, many employers aren’t in a position to hand out pay rises, no matter how hard you’ve worked.

Many older workers are deferring their retirement. Over the past 20 years, the expected retirement age in Australia has risen more than two percentage points to 65.2 for men and 64.3 for women.

Women account for about six per cent of top bosses across ASX 300 companies in a “wake-up call” for gender equality at work.

Funeral insurance can cost you a lot more than the benefit your family will receive. And if you stop making repayments, you lose what you’ve already paid.

Since marriage equality was achieved in 2017, LGBTI people have had access to the same legal and financial rights as heterosexual married couples. Yet members of the LGBTI community still face some unique challenges when it comes to their financial wellbeing. So what do same sex couples need to know when it comes to planning their financial lives together?

Wealth Planning Partners director Amanda Cassar said budgeting helps you get into the mindset that managing your money can help you down the track rather than just helping you meet your immediate needs and wants.

My best advice to myself, family members and clients is to continue planning for the future, even though we may have to change plans due to restrictions coming and going. By holding hope for the future, I believe we help ourselves to remain resilient.

Having access to savings can be vital when an emergency strikes. But making the most of your savings by earning interest can also help you get ahead financially. Discover ways to help your savings grow without leaving yourself stuck for extra cash.

Here’s the best ways to make the most of your money at each stage of your working life, so you can live the good life in retirement. With warnings that Aussies don’t have enough superannuation saved up for their retirement, people are scrambling to find out what they can do to boost their pot of money.

What happens in shops and online retailers across the country has a major influence on economic growth. Private consumption accounts for about 53%1 of economic growth, and retail sales comprises about one-third of that figure.

Even before the latest round of COVID-19 lockdowns, which has seen half the population affected, many Australians were suffering financial stress or feeling insecure about their income and work.

Most single women find that security and financial independence are essential to their overall happiness and health. Major life changes such as separation and divorce can threaten everything we have tried to build and cause us to fear the loss of life as we know it. We become vulnerable and our financial, emotional and physical wellbeing is affected.